Consuming life

With the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers. In this new consumer society, individuals become simultaneously the promoters of commodities and the commodities they promote. They are, at one and the same time, the merchandise and the markete...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bauman, Zygmunt, 1925- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; Malden, Mass. : Polity Press 2007.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009755149006719
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Introduction: Or, the most closely guarded secret of the society of consumers; 1: Consumerism versus Consumption; 2: Society of Consumers; 3: Consumerist Culture; 4: Collateral Casualties of Consumerism; Notes; Index