01876cam a2200337 a 4500 1/36814 090217s2007 enk b 001 0 eng d 9780393049619 (hardcover) 0393049612 (hardcover) 39407 DLC GR-PeUP 339.4΄70973 BAR Barber, Benjamin R. 1939- Con$umed : how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole / Benjamin R. Barber. Consumed. Con $umed. How markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007. x, 406 σ.. ; 25 εκ. Περιέχει βιβλιογραφία (σ. 341-381) και ευρετήριο. The birth of consumers. Capitalism triumphant and the infantilist ethos ; From protestantism to puerility -- The eclipse of citizens. Infantilizing consumers: the coming of kidults ; Privatizing citizens: the making of civic schizophrenia ; Branding identities: the loss of meaning ; Totalizing society: the end of diversity -- The fate of citizens. Resisting consumerism: can capitalism cure itself? ; Overcoming civic schizophrenia: restoring citizenship in a world of interdependence. Consumption (Economics) United States. Consumer behavior United States. Child consumers United States. Capitalism United States. Materialism Social aspects United States. Mass society. United States Social conditions 1980- INST UNIPILB MAIN 20090217 339.4΄70973 BAR 00157639 00157639 LOAN 4 20171009 1 /webopac/covers/02/39407_9780393049619.jpg (hardcover) /webopac/covers/02/39407_0393049612.jpg (hardcover)