Social Life of Unsustainable Mass Consumption

This book explores and explains unsustainable mass consumption in affluent contexts by stressing the social nature of consumption.

List of contents

Table of Contents
List of Figures
Introduction: The Social Roots of Ecologically Destructive Consumerism
Chapter 1: Social Relations, Everyday Rituals, and Consumerism
Chapter 2: Social Comparison and Consumerism in Stratified Social Life
Chapter 3: The Temporalities of Mass Consumption in Social Life: A Lost Future
Chapter 4: Sites of Consumption: The Home, The Mall, The Internet
Chapter 5: The Social Stock of (Not) Knowing: Normalization and Ignorance of Unsustainable Mass Consumption
Conclusion: A Collective Detox from Consumerism
Afterword
References
About the Author

About the author

Magnus Boström is professor of sociology at Örebro University.

Summary

This book explores and explains unsustainable mass consumption in affluent contexts by stressing the social nature of consumption.

Product details

• Authors: Magnus Bostroem, Magnus Bostrom, Magnus Boström
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781666902440
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-244-0
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Environment and Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Conservation of the environment, Environmental policy & protocols, Urban communities, Environmental policy and protocols, Urban communities / city life