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Anti-consumerism refers to the socio-political movement against consumerism the equating of personal happiness with consumption and the purchase of material possessionscitation needed. Consumerism is a term used to describe the effects of the market economy on the individual. Concern over the treatment of consumers has spawned substantial activism and the incorporation of consumer education into school curricula.
Anti-consumerist activism draws parallels with environmental activism anti-glob
Anti-consumerism refers to the socio-political movement against consumerism the equating of personal happiness with consumption and the purchase of material possessionscitation needed. Consumerism is a term used to describe the effects of the market economy on the individual. Concern over the treatment of consumers has spawned substantial activism and the incorporation of consumer education into school curricula.
Anti-consumerist activism draws parallels with environmental activism anti-glob
The Trouble With Hipsters
Hipsters. We all know one. They’re those fun, little, arrogant people who let the ideal of “anti-consumerism,” combined with a hatred for all things normal, dictate their every action.
Hipsters. We all know one. They’re those fun, little, arrogant people who let the ideal of “anti-consumerism,” combined with a hatred for all things normal, dictate their every action.
+Info Anti consumerism Poster Flyer Consumerism is one of the driving forces in the world s economy Unfortunately the effects of this include a materialistic population and leaves the
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The philosophy of anti-consumerism
The new anti-consumerism. The philosophy of being happy without having to buy the latest fad. The other Horowitz says stop buying so much stuff. ...
The new anti-consumerism. The philosophy of being happy without having to buy the latest fad. The other Horowitz says stop buying so much stuff. ...
alization and animal-rights activism in its condemnation of modern corporations or organizations that pursue a solely economic interest. One variation on this topic is activism by postconsumers with the strategic emphasis on moving beyond addictive consumerism.1
In recent years there have been an increasing number of books (Naomi Klein's 2000 No Logo for example) and films (e.g. The Corporation & Surplus) popularizing an anti-corporate ideology to the public.
Opposition to economic materialism comes primarily from two sources: religion and social activism. Some religions assert materialism interferes with connection between the individual and the divine or that it is inherently an immoral lifestyle. Some notable individuals such as Francis of Assisi Ammon Hennacy and Mohandas Gandhi claimed spiritual inspiration led them to a simple lifestyle. Social activists believe materialism is connected to war greed anomie crime environmental degradation and general social malaise and discontent. Fundamentally their concern is that materialism is unable to offer a raison d'tre for human existence. Critics of consumerism include Pope Benedict XVI1 German historian Oswald Spengler (who said "Life in America is exclusively economic in structure and lacks depth"2) and French writer Georges Duhamel who held "American materialism up as a beacon of mediocrity that threatened to eclipse French civilization".2 Contents 1 Background 2 Politics and society 2.1 Conspicuous consumption 2.2 Consumerism and Advertising 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links // Background
Anti-consumerism is often associated with criticism of consumption starting with Karl Marx and Thorstein Veblen but according to Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class consumerism can be traced back to the first human civilizations. Consumerism can also denote economic policies associated with Keynesian economics and in an abstract sense refer to t
In recent years there have been an increasing number of books (Naomi Klein's 2000 No Logo for example) and films (e.g. The Corporation & Surplus) popularizing an anti-corporate ideology to the public.
Opposition to economic materialism comes primarily from two sources: religion and social activism. Some religions assert materialism interferes with connection between the individual and the divine or that it is inherently an immoral lifestyle. Some notable individuals such as Francis of Assisi Ammon Hennacy and Mohandas Gandhi claimed spiritual inspiration led them to a simple lifestyle. Social activists believe materialism is connected to war greed anomie crime environmental degradation and general social malaise and discontent. Fundamentally their concern is that materialism is unable to offer a raison d'tre for human existence. Critics of consumerism include Pope Benedict XVI1 German historian Oswald Spengler (who said "Life in America is exclusively economic in structure and lacks depth"2) and French writer Georges Duhamel who held "American materialism up as a beacon of mediocrity that threatened to eclipse French civilization".2 Contents 1 Background 2 Politics and society 2.1 Conspicuous consumption 2.2 Consumerism and Advertising 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links // Background
Anti-consumerism is often associated with criticism of consumption starting with Karl Marx and Thorstein Veblen but according to Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class consumerism can be traced back to the first human civilizations. Consumerism can also denote economic policies associated with Keynesian economics and in an abstract sense refer to t
Q&A: Building a Better Consumer
Andrew Benett, Global CEO of Arnold Worldwide answers my questions and discusses today's smarter more enlightened and more aware consumers
Andrew Benett, Global CEO of Arnold Worldwide answers my questions and discusses today's smarter more enlightened and more aware consumers
for a site that I remember seeing a long time ago I thought it was anticonsumerism com I was wrong Seems it s being squatted on by someone who desperately needs to consume a dictionary AntiConsumerism Your shopping portal I wonder if they sell IronyTM I still haven t found the site I wanted but I m pretty sure this isn t it
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Overcoming Consumerism
Citizen-activist's anti-consumerism site. ... Consumerism is a pattern of behavior that helps to destroy our environment, personal financial health, the common good of ...
Citizen-activist's anti-consumerism site. ... Consumerism is a pattern of behavior that helps to destroy our environment, personal financial health, the common good of ...
he belief that the free choice of consumers should dictate the economic structure of a society (cf. producerism).
Politics and society
Many anti-corporate activists believe the rise of large-business corporations poses a threat to the legitimate authority of nation states and the public sphere.citation needed They feel corporations are invading people's privacy manipulating politics and governments and creating false needs in consumers. They state evidence such as invasive advertising adware spam telemarketing child-targeted advertising aggressive guerrilla marketing massive corporate campaign contributions in political elections interference in the policies of sovereign nation states (Ken Saro-Wiwa) and endless global news stories about corporate corruption (Enron for example).
Anti-consumerism protesters point out that the main responsibility of a corporation is to answer only to shareholders giving human rights and other issues almost no considerationcitation needed The management does have a primary responsibility to their shareholders since any philanthropic activities that do not directly serve the business could be deemed to be a breach of trust. This sort of financial responsibility means that multi-national corporations will pursue strategies to intensify labor and reduce costs. For example they will attempt to find low wage economies with laws which are conveniently lenient on human rights the natural environment trade union organization and so on (see for example Nike).
An important contribution to the critique of consumerism has been made by French philosopher Bernard Stiegler arguing modern capitalism is governed by consumption rather than production and the advertising techniques used to create consumer behaviour amount to the destruction of psychic and collective individuation. The diversion of libidinal energy toward the consumption of consumer products he argues results in an addictive cycle of cons
Many anti-corporate activists believe the rise of large-business corporations poses a threat to the legitimate authority of nation states and the public sphere.citation needed They feel corporations are invading people's privacy manipulating politics and governments and creating false needs in consumers. They state evidence such as invasive advertising adware spam telemarketing child-targeted advertising aggressive guerrilla marketing massive corporate campaign contributions in political elections interference in the policies of sovereign nation states (Ken Saro-Wiwa) and endless global news stories about corporate corruption (Enron for example).
Anti-consumerism protesters point out that the main responsibility of a corporation is to answer only to shareholders giving human rights and other issues almost no considerationcitation needed The management does have a primary responsibility to their shareholders since any philanthropic activities that do not directly serve the business could be deemed to be a breach of trust. This sort of financial responsibility means that multi-national corporations will pursue strategies to intensify labor and reduce costs. For example they will attempt to find low wage economies with laws which are conveniently lenient on human rights the natural environment trade union organization and so on (see for example Nike).
An important contribution to the critique of consumerism has been made by French philosopher Bernard Stiegler arguing modern capitalism is governed by consumption rather than production and the advertising techniques used to create consumer behaviour amount to the destruction of psychic and collective individuation. The diversion of libidinal energy toward the consumption of consumer products he argues results in an addictive cycle of cons
Q&A with Andrew Benett, Author of 'Consumed: Rethinking Business in the Era of Mindful Spending'
Could it be that consumers aren't quite as gullible as marketers, manufacturers, and advertisers have long assumed? Could it be that today's consumers are smarter and more informed than they have ever been when it comes to deciding whether to buy or pass on a product? Could it be that the age of mindless accumulation [...]
Could it be that consumers aren't quite as gullible as marketers, manufacturers, and advertisers have long assumed? Could it be that today's consumers are smarter and more informed than they have ever been when it comes to deciding whether to buy or pass on a product? Could it be that the age of mindless accumulation [...]
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Anti-Consumerism.org - Will more stuff make you more happy?
What is Anti-Consumerism? No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. ...
What is Anti-Consumerism? No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. ...
umption3 leading to hyper consumption the exhaustion of desire and the reign of symbolic misery.
Critics have linked the rise of anti-consumer sentiment to Marxist and socialist ideologies. In 1999 the libertarian magazine Reason attacked anti-consumerism claiming Marxist academics are repackaging themselves as anti-consumerists. James Twitchell a professor at the University of Florida and popular writer referred to anti-consumerism arguments as "Marxism Lite."4
In his 2004 book Understanding Postmodernism Stephen Hicks5 takes a position similar to Twitchell's though argued in much greater detail. Hicks notes that from the 1800s socialists and Marxists had consistently argued that wealth was good because it could increase quality of life -- but that capitalism was bad because it would force the working and middle-classes into poverty while simultaneously concentrating wealth in fewer hands. By the 1950s however the evidence was undeniable that socialist countries had lower standards of living (often coupled with massive human rights atrocities) while capitalist countries overwhelmingly saw increasing middle-class populations rising wages and improved standards of living for all citizens. In response to this failure of socialism in theory and practice Hicks argues that leading Marxist and socialist thinkers (e.g. Herbert Marcuse) made an about face to argue that wealth was bad because it "trapped" people in comfortable middle-class lifestyles: "Capitalism's producing so much wealth therefore is bad: It is in direct defiance of the moral imperative of historical progress towards socialism. It would be much better if the proletariat were in economic misery under capitalism for then they would realize their oppression..." (p. 154) Conspicuous consumption Main article: Conspicuous consumption "It is preoccupation with possessions more than anything else that prevents us from living freely and nobly." Bertrand Russell 6
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Critics have linked the rise of anti-consumer sentiment to Marxist and socialist ideologies. In 1999 the libertarian magazine Reason attacked anti-consumerism claiming Marxist academics are repackaging themselves as anti-consumerists. James Twitchell a professor at the University of Florida and popular writer referred to anti-consumerism arguments as "Marxism Lite."4
In his 2004 book Understanding Postmodernism Stephen Hicks5 takes a position similar to Twitchell's though argued in much greater detail. Hicks notes that from the 1800s socialists and Marxists had consistently argued that wealth was good because it could increase quality of life -- but that capitalism was bad because it would force the working and middle-classes into poverty while simultaneously concentrating wealth in fewer hands. By the 1950s however the evidence was undeniable that socialist countries had lower standards of living (often coupled with massive human rights atrocities) while capitalist countries overwhelmingly saw increasing middle-class populations rising wages and improved standards of living for all citizens. In response to this failure of socialism in theory and practice Hicks argues that leading Marxist and socialist thinkers (e.g. Herbert Marcuse) made an about face to argue that wealth was bad because it "trapped" people in comfortable middle-class lifestyles: "Capitalism's producing so much wealth therefore is bad: It is in direct defiance of the moral imperative of historical progress towards socialism. It would be much better if the proletariat were in economic misery under capitalism for then they would realize their oppression..." (p. 154) Conspicuous consumption Main article: Conspicuous consumption "It is preoccupation with possessions more than anything else that prevents us from living freely and nobly." Bertrand Russell 6
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ENOUGH, ANTI-CONSUMERISM CAMPAIGN
ENOUGH, ANTI-CONSUMERISM CAMPAIGN . . . any proposed solutions to the problems of world poverty, environmental destruction and social alienation will fail, unless ...
ENOUGH, ANTI-CONSUMERISM CAMPAIGN . . . any proposed solutions to the problems of world poverty, environmental destruction and social alienation will fail, unless ...
/>German philosopher Karl Marx argued that the capitalist economy leads to fetishization and devalues the worth of goods and services placing the focus instead on their market price.citation needed
In many critical contextscitation needed the term describes the tendency of people to identify strongly with products or services they consume especially with commercial brand names and obvious status-enhancing appeal such as a brand of expensive automobiles or jewelry. It is a pejorative term which most people deny having some more specific excuse or rationalization for consumption other than the idea that they are "compelled to consume". A culture that has a high amount of consumerism is referred to as a consumer culture.
To those who embrace the idea of consumerism these products are not seen as valuable in themselves but rather as social signals that allow them to identify like-minded people through consumption and display of similar products. Few would yet go so far though as to admit that their relationships with a product or brand name could be substitutes for healthy human relationships that sometimes lack in a dysfunctional modern society.
The older term conspicuous consumption described the United States in the 1960s but was soon linked to larger debates about media influence culture jamming and its corollary productivism. An anti-consumerism stencil
The term and concept of conspicuous consumption originated at the turn of the 20th century in the writing of economist Thorstein Veblen. The term describes an apparently irrational and confounding form of economic behaviour. Veblen's scathing proposal that this unnecessary consumption is a form of status display is made in darkly humorous observations like the following: It is true of dress in even a higher degree than of most other items of consumption that people will undergo a very considerable degree of privation in the comforts or the necessaries of
In many critical contextscitation needed the term describes the tendency of people to identify strongly with products or services they consume especially with commercial brand names and obvious status-enhancing appeal such as a brand of expensive automobiles or jewelry. It is a pejorative term which most people deny having some more specific excuse or rationalization for consumption other than the idea that they are "compelled to consume". A culture that has a high amount of consumerism is referred to as a consumer culture.
To those who embrace the idea of consumerism these products are not seen as valuable in themselves but rather as social signals that allow them to identify like-minded people through consumption and display of similar products. Few would yet go so far though as to admit that their relationships with a product or brand name could be substitutes for healthy human relationships that sometimes lack in a dysfunctional modern society.
The older term conspicuous consumption described the United States in the 1960s but was soon linked to larger debates about media influence culture jamming and its corollary productivism. An anti-consumerism stencil
The term and concept of conspicuous consumption originated at the turn of the 20th century in the writing of economist Thorstein Veblen. The term describes an apparently irrational and confounding form of economic behaviour. Veblen's scathing proposal that this unnecessary consumption is a form of status display is made in darkly humorous observations like the following: It is true of dress in even a higher degree than of most other items of consumption that people will undergo a very considerable degree of privation in the comforts or the necessaries of
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Consumerism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Consumerism is a social and economic order that is based on the systematic creation and ... Anti-consumerism is the socio-political movement against consumerism. ...
life in order to afford what is considered a decent amount of wasteful consumption; so that it is by no means an uncommon occurrence in an inclement climate for people to go ill clad in order to appear well dressed.7
In 1955 economist Victor Lebow stated (as quoted by William Rees 2009): "Our enormously productive economy demands that we make consumption our way of life that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals that we seek our spiritual satisfaction and our ego satisfaction in consumption. We need things consumed burned up worn out replaced and discarded at an ever-increasing rate".8
According to archaeologists evidence of conspicuous consumption up to several millennia ago has been found suggesting that such behavior is inherent to humans.9 Consumerism and Advertising
Anti-consumerists believe advertising plays a huge role in human life by informing values and assumptions of the cultural system deeming what is acceptable and determining social standards10. They declare that ads create a hyper-real world where commodities appear as the key to securing happiness. Anti-consumerists cite studies that find that individuals believe their quality of life improves in relation to social values that lie outside the capability of the market place. Therefore advertising attempts to equate the social with the material by utilizing images and slogans to link commodities with the real sources of human happiness such as meaningful relationships. Ads are then a detriment to society because they tell consumers that accumulating more and more possessions will become bring them closer to self-actualization or the concept of a complete and secure being. The underlying message is that owning these products will enhance our image and ensure our popularity with others11.
Anti-consumerists claim that in a consumerist society advertisement images disempower and objectify the consumer 12. By stressing individual power
In 1955 economist Victor Lebow stated (as quoted by William Rees 2009): "Our enormously productive economy demands that we make consumption our way of life that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals that we seek our spiritual satisfaction and our ego satisfaction in consumption. We need things consumed burned up worn out replaced and discarded at an ever-increasing rate".8
According to archaeologists evidence of conspicuous consumption up to several millennia ago has been found suggesting that such behavior is inherent to humans.9 Consumerism and Advertising
Anti-consumerists believe advertising plays a huge role in human life by informing values and assumptions of the cultural system deeming what is acceptable and determining social standards10. They declare that ads create a hyper-real world where commodities appear as the key to securing happiness. Anti-consumerists cite studies that find that individuals believe their quality of life improves in relation to social values that lie outside the capability of the market place. Therefore advertising attempts to equate the social with the material by utilizing images and slogans to link commodities with the real sources of human happiness such as meaningful relationships. Ads are then a detriment to society because they tell consumers that accumulating more and more possessions will become bring them closer to self-actualization or the concept of a complete and secure being. The underlying message is that owning these products will enhance our image and ensure our popularity with others11.
Anti-consumerists claim that in a consumerist society advertisement images disempower and objectify the consumer 12. By stressing individual power
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Adbusters' Culture Jammer's Headquarters
Designed to be an activist tool, this site allows culture jammers to learn about, and take steps to stop, the marketing pollutants in the mental environment.
Designed to be an activist tool, this site allows culture jammers to learn about, and take steps to stop, the marketing pollutants in the mental environment.
choice and desire advertising falsely implies the control lies with the consumer. Because anti-consumerists believe commodities only supply short-term gratification they detract from a sustainably happy society. Further advertisers have resorted to new techniques of capturing attention such as the increased speed of ads and product placements10. In this way commercials infiltrate the consumerist society and become an inextricable part of culture. Anti-consumerists condemn advertising because it constructs a simulated world that offers fantastical escapism to consumers rather than reflecting actual reality. They further argue that ads depict the interests and lifestyles of the elite as natural; cultivating a deep sense of inadequacy among viewers12. They denounce use of beautiful models because they glamorize the commodity beyond reach of the average individual.
In an opinion segment of New Scientist magazine published in August 2009 reporter Andy Coghlan cited William Rees of the University of British Columbia and epidemiologist Warren Hern of the University of Colorado at Boulder saying that human beings despite considering themselves civilized thinkers are "subconsciously still driven by an impulse for survival domination and expansion... an impulse which now finds expression in the idea that inexorable economic growth is the answer to everything and given time will redress all the world's existing inequalities."8 According to figures presented by Rees at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America human society is in a "global overshoot" consuming 30% more material than is sustainable from the world's resources. Rees went on to state that at present 85 countries are exceeding their domestic "bio-capacities" and compensate for their lack of local material by depleting the stocks of other countries.
"Lebow and his cronies got together to 'create' the modern advertising industry which plays to primitive belie
In an opinion segment of New Scientist magazine published in August 2009 reporter Andy Coghlan cited William Rees of the University of British Columbia and epidemiologist Warren Hern of the University of Colorado at Boulder saying that human beings despite considering themselves civilized thinkers are "subconsciously still driven by an impulse for survival domination and expansion... an impulse which now finds expression in the idea that inexorable economic growth is the answer to everything and given time will redress all the world's existing inequalities."8 According to figures presented by Rees at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America human society is in a "global overshoot" consuming 30% more material than is sustainable from the world's resources. Rees went on to state that at present 85 countries are exceeding their domestic "bio-capacities" and compensate for their lack of local material by depleting the stocks of other countries.
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consumerism: Definition from Answers.com
consumerism n. The movement seeking to protect and inform consumers by requiring such practices as honest packaging and advertising, product
consumerism n. The movement seeking to protect and inform consumers by requiring such practices as honest packaging and advertising, product
fs" says Rees. "It makes you feel insecure because the advertising industry turned our sense of self-worth into a symbolic presentation of the possessions we have" he told me. "We've turned consumption into a necessity and how we define ourselves."8
See also
Adbusters
Affluenza
Communism
Conspicuous consumption
Corporate scandal
Culture war
Degrowth
Dtournement
Downshifting
Genuine Progress Indicator
Gross National Happiness
Growth Fetish
Keeping up with the Joneses
List of anti-consumerists
Mottainai
Multinational Monitor
Over-consumption
Philosophy of futility
Simple living
Social justice
Thrifting
Waste picker
What Would Jesus Buy
Zero growth
Notes
Web log. 17 July 2008. http://babs22.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/australia-pope-attacks-consumerism/
a b Stearns Peter. Consumerism in World History. Routledge
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http://www.reason.com/news/show/27795.html
Hicks Stephen R.C. Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. Scholargy Publishing 2004.
The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations by Robert Andrews Routledge 1987 ISBN 0710207298 pg 212
The Theory of the Leisure Class 1899
a b c Coghlan Andy. "Consumerism is 'eating the future'". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citationtemplates. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
Renfrew Colin; Bahn Peter (2008). Archaeology: Theories methods and practice (5th ed.). London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500287194. OCLC 181139910.
a b Advertising and the End of the World. Dir. Sut Jhally. Perf. Sut Jhally. DVD. Media Education Foundation 1997.
Tim Kasser The High Price of Materialism 2002 p.9 Achorn Graphic Services
a b Joseph D. Rumbo Consumer Resistance in a World of Advertising Clutter: The Case of Adbusters Psychology and Marketing Vol.19(2) February 2002
References
Bakan Joel (2004) The Corporat
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Amazon.com: anti-consumerism
A community about anti-consumerism. Tag and discover new products. Share your images and discuss your questions with anti-consumerism experts.
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ion.
Elizabeth Chin (2001) Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture University of Minnesota Press ISBN 978-0816635115
Hertz N (2002) Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy. Arrow.
Klein Naomi (2000). No Logo. Vintage Canada. ISBN 0-676-97282-9.
Luedicke Marius K Craig J. Thompson and Markus Giesler. 2010. "'Consumption as Moral Protagonism:' How Myth and Ideology Animate a Brand-Mediated Moral Conflict." Journal of Consumer Research. 36 (April).
Monbiot G (2001) Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain. Pan.
External links
Consumerism and Kids This site is dedicated in a broad sense to healthy ways of living and rearing children.
Fifty Possible Ways to Challenge Over-Commercialism by Albert J. Fritsch SJ PhD
The Rebel Sell This Magazine By Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter
25 Years of Monitoring the Multinationals
The story of stuff by Annie Leonard
Website of Postconsumers
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