Consumer Society and the Post-modern City By: David B Clarke Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415205146, 041520514X eText ISBN: 9781134627936, 1134627939 Edition: 1st Pages: 288 Copyright year: 2003 Format: EPUB Available from $ 28.78 USD SKU 9781134627936R90 The fact that we inhabit a consumer society has incredibly far-reaching implications. Working through the often controversial ideas of the consumer society's most influential theorists, Jean Baudrillard and Zygmunt Bauman, this book assesses the ways in which consumerism is reshaping the nature and meaning of the city. It examines the nature of consumption and its increasing centrality to post-modern society by; *considering the development of consumerism as a central facet of social life *demonstrating that social inequalities are increasingly structured around consumption *uncovering the hidden consequences of consumerism *pondering the meaning of Download ebook: https://ouo.io/5Zhh1b
