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The limits to satisfaction : an essay on the problem of needs and commodities /

Consumerism and capitalist and socialist industry have reached the point where state power is legitimatized by its ability to increase the number of commodities. A unique culture has been created in which marketing is the main social bond. Values no longer shape and condition needs, wants, desires,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leiss, William, 1939- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1988.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: EXAMINATION
  • The individual
  • Society
  • Non-human nature
  • PART TWO: DIAGNOSIS
  • Needs
  • Commodities
  • The double ambiguity
  • PART THREE: PROGNOSIS
  • Toward an alternative setting for human needs
  • The conserver society
  • The needs of non-human nature
  • Other satisfactions?
  • Notes
  • Works cited
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Z