Consumerism
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:36:40
Category: / Literature / Creative Writing
Length: 13 pages (3545 words)
Category: / Literature / Creative Writing
Length: 13 pages (3545 words)
Bauman and the new Consumer Society
If one had to define the term 'consumerism', it would relate to the way society bases itself around the consumption of various goods, ultimately living for the moment and discarding what has already been consumed before experiencing other new and more 'exciting' consumable aspects. Before the post-modern era, the 'work ethic' was used as a means of getting people to work in factories and make them feel that unemployment …
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