Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Part One: The Ideology of Consumerism
1 The Latest Ideology of Consumerism
2 The Symbolic Value of Consumption
3 Consumption, Identity and Lifestyle
4 Consumption as Freedom
Part Two: Explaining Individual Consumption
5 Compelled to Consume
6 Compelled to Consume More
Part Three: Consumption, Capitalism and Post- capitalism
7 Consumption for What?
Digression: Elitism, Adorno and Football
Notes and References