{"product_id":"consuming-life-hardback-9780745639796","title":"Consuming Life (Hardback) 9780745639796","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConsuming Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eZygmunt Bauman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745639796, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 December 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e168 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 1.4 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"[An] engaged and important antidote to the platitudes of the times ... encourages the very human virtues [Bauman seeks] to recover from a world otherwise only concerned with the easy, the simple and the fast.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A masterful account and critique of consumerism and the social consequences of its ubiquity ... another worthy contribution to the urgent task of social critique amid unprecedented and unfettered consumerism.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A timely intervention in helping sociologists think about what the sociology of consumption has achieved.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSociological Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eConsuming Life\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fiery, stimulating and sharp diagnosis, with much to tell us about where and who we are in a market-led society.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommentary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Bauman's message calls for awakening from the slumber we are in.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays in Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWith the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers. In this new consumer society, individuals become simultaneously the promoters of commodities and the commodities they promote. They are, at one and the same time, the merchandise and the marketer, the goods and the travelling salespeople. They all inhabit the same social space that is customarily described by the term the market. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe test they need to pass in order to acquire the social prizes they covet requires them to recast themselves as products capable of drawing attention to themselves. This subtle and pervasive transformation of consumers into commodities is the most important feature of the society of consumers. It is the hidden truth, the deepest and most closely guarded secret, of the consumer society in which we now live.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this new book Zygmunt Bauman examines the impact of consumerist attitudes and patterns of conduct on various apparently unconnected aspects of social life politics and democracy, social divisions and stratification, communities and partnerships, identity building, the production and use of knowledge, and value preferences.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe invasion and colonization of the web of human relations by the worldviews and behavioural patterns inspired and shaped by commodity markets, and the sources of resentment, dissent and occasional resistance to the occupying forces, are the central themes of this brilliant new book by one of the worlds most original and insightful social thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eOr, the most closely guarded secret of the society of consumers 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Consumerism versus Consumption 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Society of Consumers 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Consumerist Culture 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Collateral Casualties of Consumerism 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 158\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407305011480,"sku":"9780745639796","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745639796.jpg?v=1784160492","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/consuming-life-hardback-9780745639796","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}