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Addictive consumption : capitalism, modernity and excess / Gerda Reith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Routledge 2019Description: xi, 177 pages : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9780415268271 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.47 REI.A
Contents:
Introduction: consumer capitalism and addiction -- Luxurious excess: the emergence of commodity culture -- Industrial modernity: the birth of the addict -- Intensified consumption and the expansion of addiction -- Drugs: intoxicating consumption -- Food: embodied consumption -- Gambling: dematerialised consumption -- Afterword.
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Book Book Dept. of Sociology Processing Center Dept. of Sociology 339.47 REI.A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SOC9340

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: consumer capitalism and addiction -- Luxurious excess: the emergence of commodity culture -- Industrial modernity: the birth of the addict -- Intensified consumption and the expansion of addiction -- Drugs: intoxicating consumption -- Food: embodied consumption -- Gambling: dematerialised consumption -- Afterword.

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