{"product_id":"beyond-consumer-capitalism-9780745650234","title":"Beyond Consumer Capitalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsumer capitalism dominates our economy, our politics and our culture. Yet there is a growing body of research from a range of disciplines that suggests that consumer capitalism may be past its sell-by date.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Consumer Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e begins by showing how, for people in the developed world, consumer capitalism has become economically and environmentally unsustainable and is no longer able to deliver its abiding promise of enhancing quality of life . This cutting-edge book then asks why we devote so little time and effort to imagining other forms of human progress. The answer, Lewis suggests, is that our cultural and information industries limit rather than stimulate critical thinking, keeping us on the treadmill of consumption and narrowing our vision of what constitutes progress. If we are to find a way out of this cul de sac, Lewis argues, we must begin by analysing the role of media in consumer capitalism and changing the way we organize media and communications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Examines with eloquence and erudition the rampant consumer capitalism and persistent neo-liberalism of contemporary society and investigates the media’s collusion in this state of affairs. This is a book for our times.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A masterpiece. With panache and vision, Lewis makes a powerful case for the severe limitations of contemporary capitalism for a sustainable or humane society and he locates the commercial media's fingerprints all over the rotting corpse. Lewis provides a powerful critique and also points towards a way out. Elegantly written and with a sweeping command of the relevant literature, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Consumer Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e is a book I will use in my classes; it should be required reading for young people wanting to understand our predicament.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert W. McChesney, University of Illinois\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Justin Lewis is one of the world's most acute observers of contemporary cultural politics. Effortlessly blending political economy, textual analysis and participant observation, his latest book alerts us, in an incisive but always humane way, to the excesses of consumption. This is an instant classic with abiding lessons for us all.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eToby Miller, University of California Riverside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements page vii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: The problems of consumer capitalism in the twenty-first century – and why we find it so\u003cbr\u003e difficult to appreciate them 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Stretching beyond its limits: The tired machinery of consumer capitalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Consumer capitalism as a cul-de-sac 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The environmental, economic and social constraints of consumer capitalism 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Selling stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The insatiable age 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Tales of sales: The politics of advertising 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Reporting consumer capitalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Disposable news and democracy: Rethinking the way we report the world 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Disposable news, consumerism and growth 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Waste and retrieval\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Obsessed with obsolescence: Confusing hyperconsumption with progress 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Imagining a different world 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 177\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences 205\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 223\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404395979095,"sku":"9780745650234","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745650234.jpg?v=1730486334","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-consumer-capitalism-9780745650234","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}