Con$umed how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole

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Main Author: Barber, Benjamin R., 1939-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • The birth of consumers. Capitalism triumphant and the infantilist ethos ; From protestantism to puerility
  • The eclipse of citizens. Infantilizing consumers: the coming of kidults ; Privatizing citizens: the making of civic schizophrenia ; Branding identities: the loss of meaning ; Totalizing society: the end of diversity
  • The fate of citizens. Resisting consumerism: can capitalism cure itself? ; Overcoming civic schizophrenia: restoring citizenship in a world of interdependence.