Overview

The fact that we inhabit a consumer society has incredibly far-reaching implications. Working through the often controversial ideas of the consumer society's most influential theorists, Jean Baudrillard and Zygmunt Bauman, this book assesses the ways in which consumerism is reshaping the nature and meaning of the city. It examines the nature of consumption and its increasing centrality to post-modern society by; considering the development of consumerism as a central facet of social life demonstrating that social inequalities are increasingly structured around consumption uncovering the hidden consequences of consumerism pondering the meaning of lifestyle revealing how the nature of reality is changing in an age of globalization. Employing a sustained and engaging theoretical analysis, the book ranges across a variety of sometimes unexpected topics. It represents an impassioned plea for everyone interested in the social life of cities to take the notion of the consumer society - and the arguments of its major theorists - seriously.

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Author:   David B Clarke
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 24.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780415205146

ISBN 10:   041520514
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   24 April 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1. Consumption 1. Consumption Controversies 2. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Consumption (But Were Afraid to Ask Baudrillard) Part 2. Consumption and the City 3. Consumption and the City, Modern and Postmodern 4. Seduced and Repressed: Collective Consumption Revisited (with Michael G. Bradford) Part 3. The Consumer Society and the Postmodern City 5. The Meaning of Lifestyle 6. Minimal Utopia, Notes References

Reviews

'An interesting and thought-provoking book and a worthwhile read for anyone interested in urban consumer society.' - Economic Geography Research Group

Author Information

David B. Clarke is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Leeds

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