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

By:

Reith, Gerda

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Routledge 2019Description: xi, 177 pages : illustrationsISBN:

9780415268271 (pbk.)

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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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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