{"product_id":"consumption-and-its-consequences-paperback-softback-9780745661087","title":"Consumption and Its Consequences (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745661087","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConsumption and Its Consequences\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\"\u003eDaniel Miller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745661087, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 June 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm, 0.376 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\"Makes me wish fervently that it was Miller who was regularly invited to offer critical commentary on materialism, consumerism or climate change policy on BBC Radio 4 and not the usual public intellectuals who do little more than echo received wisdom ... His insights here deserve a wider hearing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/story.asp?sectioncode=26\u0026amp;storycode=419989\u0026amp;c=1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Higher Education \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebook of the week\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A profound contribution to debates about the limits, contradictions and alternatives to contemporary styles of living, working and provisioning.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eArea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tremendously valuable contribution to establishing the understanding of consumption as one of the central interests of contemporary anthropological studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthropological Notebooks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are some curious moments in this book but, at its core, there's a very important observation - people aren't mindless drones who buy whatever the advertising agencies tell them to buy. Sometimes we act that way because we want to keep up with the Joneses but, from time to time, the objects we put in our shopping baskets reflect our ethical and social values and play a part in sustaining our most cherished relationships.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeographical\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e book of the month\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"This engagingly written book addresses some of the central dilemmas of contemporary global society: how to sustain a developed-world, consumerist lifestyle in the face of wrenching economic shifts and accelerating climate change. The topic is urgent, the prescriptions for change coming from academic and policy leaders, paltry. Miller makes the conversation more interesting, more lively, and more honest about the limits of the theoretical perspectives mustered thus far to address these issues.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Maurer, Professor of Anthropology and Law, University of California, Irvine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a book for those looking for different answers to some of  today's most fundamental questions. What is a consumer society? Does  being a consumer make us less authentic or more materialistic? How and  why do we shop? How should we understand the economy? Is our seemingly  insatiable desire for goods destroying the planet? Can we reconcile  curbs on consumption with goals such as reducing poverty and social  inequality? \u003cp\u003eMiller responds to these questions by proposing feasible and, where  possible, currently available alternatives, drawn mainly from his own  original ethnographic research. Here you will find shopping analysed as a  technology of love, clothing that sidesteps politics in tackling issues  of immigration. There is an alternative theory of value that does not  assume the economy is intelligent, scientific, moral or immoral. We see  Coca-Cola as an example of localization, not globalization. We learn why  the response to climate change will work only when we reverse our  assumptions about the impact of consumption on citizens. Given the  evidence that consumption is now central to the way we create and  maintain our core values and relationships, the conclusions differ  dramatically from conventional and accepted views as to its consequences  for humanity and the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What's Wrong with Consumption? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Consumer Society 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Why We Shop 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Why Denim? 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 It's the Stupid Economy 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 How Not to Save a Planet 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 202\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Archaeology%20%5BHD%5D%22\"\u003eHD\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":52472071520536,"sku":"9780745661087","price":15.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745661087.jpg?v=1785715616","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/consumption-and-its-consequences-paperback-softback-9780745661087","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}