Addictive consumption : capitalism, modernity and excess /: capitalism, modernity and excess. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gerda Reith.
• Authors: Reith, Gerda, 1969-
• Contents: Introduction: Consumer Capitalism and Addiction PART I: The Shifting Problem of Consumption 1. Luxurious Excess: The Emergence of Commodity Culture 2. Industrial Modernity: The Birth of the Addict 3. Intensified Consumption and the Expansion of Addiction PART II: Addictive Consumptions: Drugs, Food, Gambling 4. Drugs: Intoxicating Consumption 5. Food: Embodied Consumption 6. Gambling: Dematerialised Consumption Afterword
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 339.47; Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects; Consumption (Economics) -- Psychological aspects; Consumer behavior; Compulsive behavior
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429875649
• Related ISBNs: 9780429875656; 9780429875632; 9780429464447
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