Shopomania: Our Obsession with Possession Berton Paul
Shopomania: Our Obsession with Possession Berton Paul A thought-provoking and provocative challenge to consumerism (with plenty of name-dropping and celebrity antics).Sassy and satirical, Shopomania…
Specifikacia Shopomania: Our Obsession with Possession Berton Paul
Shopomania: Our Obsession with Possession Berton Paul
A thought-provoking and provocative challenge to consumerism (with plenty of name-dropping and celebrity antics).Sassy and satirical, Shopomania is an economic, environmental and social study. In the past fifty years, shopping--and its associated carbon footprint--has grown exponentially.Berton argues that if we invented today's consumer culture, then we can invent something to replace it. This light-hearted, dark-souled dictionary of coined words, or "shoponyms," takes readers on a roller-coaster ride of avaricious antics and outrageous profligacy.Shopping in one form or another has existed for millennia but, aside from a few slumps, each generation has outdone the previous one.
We can be more environmentally, socially and politically conscious of We can do a better job of making the cycle of stuff truly circular rather than linear.