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The sympathetic consumer : moral critique in capitalist culture /

"When people encounter goods in the marketplace - sugar, clothes, phones, etc. - there is a slim chance they will seek information about the origins of those goods. Far more likely is that the goods will remain anonymous, and the labor that went into making them, the supply chain through which...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Skotnicki, Tad (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Colección:Culture and economic life.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"When people encounter goods in the marketplace - sugar, clothes, phones, etc. - there is a slim chance they will seek information about the origins of those goods. Far more likely is that the goods will remain anonymous, and the labor that went into making them, the supply chain through which they traveled, will stay mysterious, distant, unacknowledged. In this book, Tad Skotnicki argues that this phenomenon is an endemic feature of capitalist societies"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 267 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781503627741
1503627748