ENGLISH 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: System On A Chip, Tums, Ksnt
31 May 2016
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A key aspect of everyday experience; also something we all worry about. Consumption in the west vs. the rest of the world. Consumerism values and practices of a consumer society; belief that the organization of life around the purchase of commodities is the optimal way to address the needs and wants of individuals and to allocate social goods . Commodities objects and services produced for consumption; objects come complete they bear no traces of how they were produced. Criticisms of consumerism in the west vs. the rest. The activity of consumption (suggested activity 5. 1) Bad materialism (greed, self-interest) becomes good materialism (self-enhancement, freedom, emancipation) The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. Capitalism - an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development is proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market. Attitudes of protestant asceticism/puritan towards wealth and labour.
