Reith, Gerda,

Addictive consumption : capitalism, modernity and excess / Gerda Reith. - London Routledge 2019 - xi, 177 pages : illustrations ;

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.

9780415268271 (pbk.)


Consumption (Economics)
Consumption (Economics)
Consumer behavior.
Compulsive behavior.

339.47 / REI.A