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Consuming Life

ISBN: 978-0-7456-4002-0
Paperback
168 pages
November 2007, Polity
List Price: US $19.95
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  • New book by one of the foremost social thinkers of our time
  • Examines modern consumer culture in light of Bauman’s influential theories of liquid modernity and is full of contemporary examples throughout
  • Written in a typically engaging style, this book illustrates the transformation of consumers themselves into commodities
  • Explores the impact of consumerist attitudes and patterns of conduct on various aspects of social life - politics and democracy, social divisions and stratification, communities and partnerships, and identity building
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