Limits to Satisfaction : An Essay on the Problem of Needs and Commodities.
Title:
Limits to Satisfaction : An Essay on the Problem of Needs and Commodities.
Author:
Leiss, William.
ISBN:
9780773561922
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (184 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE: EXAMINATION -- The individual -- Society -- Non-human nature -- PART TWO: DIAGNOSIS -- Needs -- Commodities -- The double ambiguity -- PART THREE: PROGNOSIS -- Toward an alternative setting for human needs -- The conserver society -- The needs of non-human nature -- Other satisfactions? -- Notes -- Works cited -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Abstract:
At a time when the supply of resources is a problem, William Leiss analyses demand and consumption. Why do we need so much? Does the ability to choose from such a wide range of commodities give us more satisfaction? Why do we accept being pushed into buying products about which we know little because they promise to give us a particular characteristic - freshness, happiness, sex appeal?.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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