Psychology and consumer culture the struggle for a good life in a materialistic world /

Synopsis

"Psychology and Consumer Culture provides an in-depth psychological analysis of consumerism that draws from a wide range of theoretical, clinical, and methodological approaches. The contributors to this edited volume demonstrate that consumerism and the culture that surrounds it exert profound and often undesirable effects both on people's individual lives and on society as a whole. Far from being distant influences, advertising, consumption, materialism, and the capitalistic economic system affect personal, social, and ecological well-being on many levels."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved