Bibliograph

The sympathetic consumer, moral critique in capitalist culture, Tad Skotnicki

Type

Label

The sympathetic consumer, moral critique in capitalist culture, Tad Skotnicki

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-257) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The sympathetic consumer

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1176319070

Responsibility statement

Tad Skotnicki

Series statement

Culture and economic life

Sub title

moral critique in capitalist culture

Summary

"When people encounter goods in the marketplace - sugar, clothes, phones, etc. - there is a slim chance they will seek information about the origins of those goods. Far more likely is that the goods will remain anonymous, and the labor that went into making them, the supply chain through which they traveled, will stay mysterious, distant, unacknowledged. In this book, Tad Skotnicki argues that this phenomenon is an endemic feature of capitalist societies"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The rise of the sympathetic consumer -- Abolitionist visions -- Turn-of-the-twentieth-century visions -- Practicing sympathetic consumption -- Moral arguments -- The sympathetic consumer, challenged -- Whither the sympathetic consumer?

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