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Consumer society and ecological crisis

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Consumer society and ecological crisis/ Leslie M. Meier.
Author:	Meier, Leslie M.
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ;Routledge, : 2023.,
Description:	1 online resource (116 p.)
Subject:	Consumption (Economics) - Environmental aspects. -
Online resource:	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003001621
ISBN:	9781003001621

Consumer society and ecological crisis
Meier, Leslie M.

Consumer society and ecological crisis[electronic resource] /Leslie M. Meier. - Abingdon, Oxon ;Routledge,2023. - 1 online resource (116 p.) - Routledge Critical Advertising Studies. - Routledge critical advertising studies..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Promoting Consumption -- 1 Promoting Plastic: Short-lived Commodities, Long-term Waste -- 2 E-commerce and Acceleration: Expediting Circulation, Normalising Fossil-Fuelled Convenience -- 3 Promotional Promises: Fossil Fuel Corporations' Sustainability 'Ambitions' -- 4 Overcoming Overconsumption: Closing Reflections and New Directions -- Index

Consumer Society and Ecological Crisis advances a critique of consumer capitalism and its role in driving environmental degradation and climate crisis, placing a spotlight on how marketing and distribution activities help maintain unsustainable levels of consumption. Rather than focusing on the most visible sites of promotional communication, Meier examines less conspicuous facets of marketing and logistics in distinct chapters on plastic packaging, e-commerce, and sustainability pledges in the fossil fuel sector. These three main chapters each explore links between ecological crisis and consumer capitalism, drawing on critical theory and Marxist thought. The topics of consumer convenience, speed, and economic growth - and the role of fossil fuels as guarantor of these logics of consumer society - unite the critical analysis. Situated in the field of media and communication studies and adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book will be of interest to academics, researchers, and students in the areas of media and communication studies, cultural studies, sociology, geography, philosophy, political science, and advertising.

ISBN: 9781003001621Subjects--Topical Terms:

574422
Consumption (Economics)
--Environmental aspects.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HC79.C6 / M43 2023eb

Dewey Class. No.: 339.4/7

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