{"product_id":"excess-anticonsumerism-in-the-west-9780745645407","title":"Excess  Anticonsumerism in the West","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides a comprehensive overview and analysis of what has come to be called the 'new politics of consumption'. This book offers an examination of anti-consumerism and explores what this means for the future of political debate. It explores anti-consumerism as cultural interpretation, lifestyle change, and collective action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly recommended. Graduate students\/faculty.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating exploration of what anti-consumerism (as cultural interpretation, lifestyle change, and collective action) means for the future of political debate, especially in the context of the recent economic crisis.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong Range Planning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Written in accessible if academic prose, Humphery's book explores this question in more complex and nuanced ways than is often the case in existing theoretical and populist reactions, which naively reject consumerism outright.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreen World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[A] sophisticated analysis of consumerism.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There could hardly be a more timely issue - nor a more compelling study of the historical and political implications of the excess that may well be crushing the world as we knew it.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCharles Lemert, Wesleyan University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Excess\u003c\/i\u003e offers an insightful view of the many dimensions of consumption reformers must address—from the waste economy to environmental degradation, and from unhappiness at too much choice to the stress of too little money. Humphery dares us to hope that we can create a better vision of the good life without giving up our pleasures.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSharon Zukin, Brooklyn College, and author of \u003ci\u003ePoint of Purchase: How Shopping Changed American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Trouble in Consumer Paradise 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The New Politics of Consumption 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Anti-Consumerism in Action 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Encountering Anti-Consumerism 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Interpreting Material Life 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Consuming Differently 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript: After the Boom, Beyond the West 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 254\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404387688791,"sku":"9780745645407","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745645407.jpg?v=1730486303","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/excess-anticonsumerism-in-the-west-9780745645407","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}