Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole

How Markets Corrupt Children Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole

By: Benjamin R. Barber

Write A Review

Paperback | 1 March 2008 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback
416 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
21.0 x 14.0 x 2.7

Paperback

$38.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $9.69 with

Ships in 5 to 10 business days

A powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed offers a vivid portrait of an overproducing global economy that targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers and where the primary goal is no longer to manufacture goods but needs. To explain how and why this has come about, Barber brings together extensive empirical research with an original theoretical framework for understanding our contemporary predicament. He asserts that in place of the Protestant ethic once associated with capitalism-encouraging self-restraint, preparing for the future, protecting and self-sacrificing for children and community, and other characteristics of adulthood-we are constantly being seduced into an "infantilist" ethic of consumption.

Industry Reviews

"Barber delivers a frightening analysis of the way consumerism is vitiating shoppers in the United States and around the world." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"This lifelong study of the effects of capitalism and privatization reveals a pervasiveness of branding and homogenization from which there is no turning back." -- Booklist
"A remarkable book about the shifting nature of capitalism...Beguiling." -- Financial World
"[Barber's] thesis has genuine bite." -- Denver Post

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $79.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.