The New Politics of Consumption - Boston Review
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Somebody needs to be for quality of life, not just quantity of stuff.
The New Politics of Consumption - Boston Review Skip to Main Content Read the Responses June 1, 1999 In contemporary American culture, consuming is as authentic as it gets. Advertisements, getting a bargain, garage sales, and credit cards are firmly entrenched pillars of our way of life. We shop on our lunch hours, patronize outlet malls on vacation, and satisfy our latest desires with a late-night click of the mouse. 1 Yet for all its popularity, the shopping mania provokes considerable dis-ease: many Americans worry about our preoccupation with getting and spending. They fear we are losing t
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