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Rising Consumer Materialism

Author : Afia Khalid
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351256904
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Rising Consumer Materialism written by Afia Khalid and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising Consumer Materialism presents a theoretical advancement of materialism research. It identifies eight areas of a consumer's life that are inter-disciplinary and of prime importance towards promoting happy and rewarding lifestyles. This study examines the pre-planned purchase process as the primary step towards satisfactory consumption. The theoretical framework provides a stream of research possibilities that guide readers towards healthy consumption patterns. Therefore, the book offers practical solutions to problems such as loneliness and unhappiness. It advocates a new dimension of consumption activity and lifestyle choices that can help to re-socialize and improve social bonds; hitting materialism right at its core, making the consumption experience well informed and beneficial for the consumer as well as society. Together, pre-planned engaging, intrinsic experiential purchases with a view to environmentalism, religiosity, social giving, social support and nostalgia can cure the excessive emphasis on acquiring and showing off valuables that are disruptive to a consumer’s social affiliations and subjective wellbeing. Rather than utilizing material possessions as a proxy measure for success and happiness resulting in only temporary happiness, discontent, continuous brand/product switching, undesirable post purchase evaluations and shifting brand loyalties, the book establishes alternative mechanisms for achieving happiness. The integrated framework provides a comprehensive solution rather than a half-baked specific situational-based intervention and is a must read for academics, students and consumers alike.

Consumption and Well-Being in the Material World

Author : Miriam Tatzel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400773684
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Consumption and Well-Being in the Material World written by Miriam Tatzel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses how we can find happiness and well-being in the material world. It builds on previous works that find that materialism is associated with lowered well-being (materialists are less happy) and that consumerism, in all its profusion, is harmful to environmental well-being. How can we use the money and possessions in our lives in the service of well-being? Apparently not by being materialistic. Can we benefit from the many wonders of the marketplace -- in technology, convenience and aesthetics -- without falling prey to the lures and dangers of excessive material preoccupation? Can we meet our material needs in ways that nourish growth and well-being? The authors of the chapters in this volume are on-going researchers into such questions. Herein you can learn about the hedonic benefits of thrift and of spending on experiences; how possessions can be beneficial; how different types of consumers spend money; cultural variations in conceptions of the "good life;" how we might reconcile environmental and consumer well-being; and how to measure the whole of human, economic, and environmental well-being. Taken all together, this collection finds grounds for compatibility between what's good for the consumer and what's good for the environment. This volume appeals to academics, professionals, students and others interested in materialism and consumer well-being.

Shiny Objects

Author : James A. Roberts
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062093622
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Shiny Objects written by James A. Roberts and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Shiny Objects, a cross between In Praise of Slowness and The Tipping Point, consumer behavior expert Professor James A. Roberts takes us on a tour of America's obsession with consumerism—pointing out its symptoms, diagnosing specific problems, and offering a series of groundbreaking solutions. Roberts gives practical advice for how to correct the materialistic trends in our lives which lock us into a cycle of financial hardship and stress. Shiny Objects, a new The Paradox of Choice for the modern reader, is more than a critique of capitalism—it's also an exploration into how we can live happier, fuller, more productive lives today.

The Effect of Social Threats on Consumer Materialism

Author : Eric Levy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book The Effect of Social Threats on Consumer Materialism written by Eric Levy and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rise of the Consumer in Modern China

Author : Wang Ning
Publisher : Paths International Ltd
ISBN 13 : 184464099X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book Rise of the Consumer in Modern China written by Wang Ning and published by Paths International Ltd. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and far-reaching study of China's contemporary social changes from the perspectives of consumption and consumerism.China has undergone profound social changes, with far-reaching consequences on all walks of life since reform began thirty years ago. To fully understand China's transformation, the landscape must be surveyed from the perspective of consumption, where you can find many intrinsic links between seemingly unrelated aspects of social reform.The Rise of the Consumer in Modern China is the result of a seven-year research campaign conducted by leading Chinese academic Wang Ning. Detailed and comprehensive, it cites numerous policy documents and source material generated from interviews, alongside data, expert commentary and conclusions. The transformation from asceticism to consumerism is a vital factor when considering China's economic and social reforms. Authoritative and richly detailed, this important new book offers a revealing and unique insight into a key aspect of China's opening up.During the most recent thirty years not only have there been revolutionary changes in consumer behavior, furthermore the role of consumption in driving the evolution of society has become un-ignorable. It is vital to study and analyze the changes in Chinese consumption before and after China's opening-up from a sociological perspective. This key book explores the Chinese urban consumption system and the evolution of the ideological concept of consumption by examining a huge number of governmental documents and records.

The High Price of Materialism

Author : Tim Kasser
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262250349
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The High Price of Materialism written by Tim Kasser and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of how materialism and consumerism undermine our quality of life. In The High Price of Materialism, Tim Kasser offers a scientific explanation of how our contemporary culture of consumerism and materialism affects our everyday happiness and psychological health. Other writers have shown that once we have sufficient food, shelter, and clothing, further material gains do little to improve our well-being. Kasser goes beyond these findings to investigate how people's materialistic desires relate to their well-being. He shows that people whose values center on the accumulation of wealth or material possessions face a greater risk of unhappiness, including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and problems with intimacy—regardless of age, income, or culture. Drawing on a decade's worth of empirical data, Kasser examines what happens when we organize our lives around materialistic pursuits. He looks at the effects on our internal experience and interpersonal relationships, as well as on our communities and the world at large. He shows that materialistic values actually undermine our well-being, as they perpetuate feelings of insecurity, weaken the ties that bind us, and make us feel less free. Kasser not only defines the problem but proposes ways we can change ourselves, our families, and society to become less materialistic.

Early Roots of Consumer Materialism

Author : Julia Godzikovskaya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book Early Roots of Consumer Materialism written by Julia Godzikovskaya and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Consumption and Generational Change

Author : Ian Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351526235
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Consumption and Generational Change written by Ian Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of consumption in social life is growing. Moving from being a relatively unimportant part of the processes of production, distribution, and exchange, questions of how people consume and to what ends now occupy center stage. Today's capitalism is exemplified by a global arena of consumption in which distance is no obstacle to distribution and ownership. Equally, social distinctions that accompanied classically "modern" forms of consumption are now more complex and fluid than classifications of "high" and "popular" culture allow.This book addresses the rise of consumer culture and the various attempts to explain and account for it. It considers the view that a particular generational framework was formed in the post-war period and has been carried on into the early twentieth century with particular consequences for the experience of later life. The rise of individualism, of mass consumption, leisure and lifestyles have been accompanied by the democratization of social forms and for many a corrosion of community and social cohesion. The text highlights how understanding is gained from examining the generational habits that developed in tandem with the rise of mass consumption.Drawing on historical perspectives and comparative studies, the book addresses social change with reference to generation effects and conflict. Having set the scene in terms of the literature on consumption, lifestyles and generational change, the volume poses key questions in relation to the transformation of later life that are addressed in turn by the contributors. This is a key volume as we enter the second decade of a new century.

Stuffocation

Author : James Wallman
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812997603
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Stuffocation written by James Wallman and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuffocation is a movement manifesto for “experiential” living, a call to arms to stop accumulating stuff and start accumulating experiences, and a road map for a new way forward with the potential to transform our lives. Reject materialism. Embrace experientialism. Live more with less. Stuffocation is one of the most pressing problems of the twenty-first century. We have more stuff than we could ever need, and it isn’t making us happier. It’s bad for the planet. It’s cluttering up our homes. It’s making us stressed—and it might even be killing us. A rising number of us are already turning our backs on all-you-can-get consumption. We are choosing access over ownership, and taking our business to companies like Zipcar, Spotify, and Netflix. Fed up with materialism, we are ready for a new way forward. Trend forecaster James Wallman traces our obsession with stuff back to the original Mad Men, who first created desire through advertising. He interviews anthropologists studying the clutter crisis, economists searching for new ways of measuring progress, and psychologists who link stuffocation to declining well-being. And he introduces us to the innovators who are already living more consciously and with more meaning by choosing experience over stuff. Experientialism does not mean giving up all of our possessions. It is a solution that is less extreme but equally fundamental. It’s about transforming what we value. Stuffocation is a paradigm-shifting look at our habits and an inspiring call for living more with less. It’s the one important book you won’t be able to live without. Praise for Stuffocation “The revelations come fast and furious as he asserts that acquiring ‘stuff’ is often just an easy way to ignore the tougher questions of life, dodging ‘why am I here?’ and ‘how should I live?’ for ‘will that go with the top I bought last week?’ Tart and often funny . . . [Stuffocation] will be an eye-opener for those long ago persuaded that more is better. A scintillating read that will provoke conversation (or at least closet cleaning).”—Booklist “James Wallman deftly hits upon a major insight for our times: that acquiring ‘stuff’ and ‘things’ is not nearly as meaningful as collecting experiences. Some of the happiest days of my life were when I had nothing and lived on a houseboat. Without stuff to tie me down, I felt completely free.”—Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS and author of the New York Times bestseller Start Something That Matters “A must-read . . . We think that more stuff will make us happier, but as the book nicely shows, we’re just plain wrong. A great mix of stories and science, Stuffocation reveals the downside of more, and what we can do about it.”—Jonah Berger, author of the New York Times bestseller Contagious “Wallman offers a deeply important message by weaving contemporary social science into very engaging stories. Reading the book is such a pleasure that you hardly recognize you’re being told that you should change how you live your life.”—Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice “With a sociologist’s eye and a storyteller’s ear, Wallman takes us on a tour of today’s experience economy from the perspective not of businesses, nor even of consumers per se, but of everyday people.”—B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore, authors of The Experience Economy

Consumer Behaviour

Author : Leon Schiffman
Publisher : Pearson Higher Education AU
ISBN 13 : 1486014348
Total Pages : 729 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Consumer Behaviour written by Leon Schiffman and published by Pearson Higher Education AU. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trusted resource for Consumer Behaviour theory and practice. Consumer Behaviour explores how the examination and application of consumer behaviour is central to the planning, development, and implementation of effective marketing strategies. In a clear and logical fashion, the authors explain consumer behaviour theory and practice, the use and importance of consumer research, and how social and cultural factors influence consumer decision making. The sixth edition of this Australian text provides expanded coverage of contemporary topics.

The Consumer Society

Author : Neva R. Goodwin
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597267902
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book The Consumer Society written by Neva R. Goodwin and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The developed countries, particularly the United States, consume a disproportionate share of the world's resources, yet high and rising levels of consumption do not necessarily lead to greater satisfaction, security, or well-being, even for affluent consumers. The Consumer Society provides brief summaries of the most important and influential writings on the environmental, moral, and social implications of a consumer society and consumer lifestyles. Each section consists of ten to twelve summaries of critical writings in a specific area, with an introductory essay that outlines the state of knowledge in that area and indicates where further research is needed. Sections cover: Scope and Definition Consumption in the Affluent Society Family, Gender, and Socialization The History of Consumerism Foundations of Economic Theories of Consumption Critiques and Alternatives in Economic Theory Perpetuating Consumer Culture: Media, Advertising, and Wants Creation Consumption and the Environment Globalization and Consumer Culture Visions of an Alternative This book is the second volume in the Frontier Issues in Economic Thought series, which provides surveys of the most significant writings in emergent areas of economics -- an invaluable aid in fast-growing fields where genuine new ground is being broken. The series brings together economists, sociologists, psychologists, and philosophers to develop analyses that challenge and enrich the dominant neoclassical paradigm. The Consumer Society is an essential guide to and summary of the literature of consumption and will be of interest to anyone concerned with the deeper economic, social, and ethical implications of consumerism.

The Influence of Materialism on Consumption Indebtedness

Author : Mateus Ponchio
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783838319988
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book The Influence of Materialism on Consumption Indebtedness written by Mateus Ponchio and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Income distribution in Brazil is highly unequal and, although consumption at the bottom of the pyramid has increased in the last years, there are millions of individuals living at the margins of a fast growing consumer society. In this book, the influence of materialism (defined as the importance attributed to the possession and acquisition of material goods) on consumer indebtedness is investigated within a context that is characterized by poverty and by high interest rates, limited access to credit and to quality affordable goods. It is argued that not only adverse economic factors lead people to get into debt; and that the study of demand for credit for consumption purposes must include variables of a psychological nature. It is suggested that the low income materialistic consumers experience feelings of powerlessness and exclusion because of the gap that exists between their possessions and their desires. Lines of conduct to combat this marginalization from the consumer society are drawn targeting marketing professionals, public policy makers and vulnerability researchers.

Marketing in a Nutshell

Author : Mike Meldrum
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 0750681330
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Marketing in a Nutshell written by Mike Meldrum and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-use quick reference source for non-marketing specialists. Designed as a dip-in guide, this book will be invaluable to general managers, non-qualified marketers and students taking a module in marketing alongside their other studies.

Material Culture and Mass Consumerism

Author : Daniel Miller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0631156054
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Material Culture and Mass Consumerism written by Daniel Miller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1997-12-08 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring materialism and social relationships in modern culture Material Culture and Mass Consumption offers an in-depth exploration of objects, objectification, ideology, and materialism in modern society. Drawing from Hegel, Marx, Munn, and Simmel, the discussion delves into the physicality of the material world and attempts to understand materialism as a form of cultural expression. Targeting mass production as the root of mass consumption, rather than the result, this book positions material goods at odds with genuine social interaction and questions these relationships from the abstract to the intensely specific.

Stuffocation

Author : James Wallman
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241971551
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Stuffocation written by James Wallman and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overwhelmed by the amount of 'stuff' you own? James Wallman is here to show you that you're not alone and there's a way to change that! 'Like The Tipping Point meets Freakonomics - but with a huge idea at its heart' Sunday Times We have more stuff than we could ever need - clothes we don't wear, kit we don't use, and toys we don't play with. It's bad for the planet, it's making us stressed, and it might even be killing us. In other words, we're stuffocated. From the exec who's sold almost everything he owns, to the well-off family who moved to a remote mountain cabin, a rising number of people are turning away from all-you-can-get consumption. Perfect for fans of Marie Kondo, Stuffocation is a manifesto for a vital change in how we all live, focusing less on possessions and more on experiences, and the one book you won't be able to live without. 'This book will definitely change your life and could even change the world' Chris Evans 'Particularly timely . . . [Wallman] is spot on' The Daily Mail 'Experientialism, as Wallman calls it, will define our future just as materialism has shaped our present' The Observer

Consumer Materialism and Human Values Orientations

Author : Stephen L. Warren
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Consumer Materialism and Human Values Orientations written by Stephen L. Warren and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Empire of Things

Author : Frank Trentmann
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062456334
Total Pages : 871 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Empire of Things written by Frank Trentmann and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 871 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What we consume has become a central—perhaps the central—feature of modern life. Our economies live or die by spending, we increasingly define ourselves by our possessions, and this ever-richer lifestyle has had an extraordinary impact on our planet. How have we come to live with so much stuff, and how has this changed the course of history? In Empire of Things, Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary story of our modern material world, from Renaissance Italy and late Ming China to today’s global economy. While consumption is often portrayed as a recent American export, this monumental and richly detailed account shows that it is in fact a truly international phenomenon with a much longer and more diverse history. Trentmann traces the influence of trade and empire on tastes, as formerly exotic goods like coffee, tobacco, Indian cotton and Chinese porcelain conquered the world, and explores the growing demand for home furnishings, fashionable clothes and convenience that transformed private and public life. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries brought department stores, credit cards and advertising, but also the rise of the ethical shopper, new generational identities and, eventually, the resurgence of the Asian consumer. With an eye to the present and future, Frank Trentmann provides a long view on the global challenges of our relentless pursuit of more—from waste and debt to stress and inequality. A masterpiece of research and storytelling many years in the making, Empire of Things recounts the epic history of the goods that have seduced, enriched and unsettled our lives over the past six hundred years.