Consumption (Key Ideas)

By Robert Bocock and Dr Robert Bocock

This book analyzes the main post-war features of consumption. It traces the historical development of consumption and discusses the major contributions made by sociologists in discussing the subject.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415069629
• ISBN13: 9780415069625
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

It's a very good book on the consumption .

The book has a link about the consumption and the behavier, the culture

Explores the shift in focus from production to consumption

"Consumerism has become the practical ideology of capitalism" is a statement made in the book. This is what Bocock is trying to explore and doing this he reveals the shift from modern to post-modern and how individuals now create their social identity through consumption patterns and not like it used to be through work roles. A mind opening book with loads of interesting reading if you are intrested in consumptions role in society.