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The Challenge of Affluence
Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain Since 1950
Taschenbuch von Avner Offer
Sprache: Englisch

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A detailed, reasoned, and persuasive critique of modern consumer society in Britain and the United States since the Second World War, which powerfully questions the assumption that freedom of choice necessarily maximizes individual and social well-being.
A detailed, reasoned, and persuasive critique of modern consumer society in Britain and the United States since the Second World War, which powerfully questions the assumption that freedom of choice necessarily maximizes individual and social well-being.
Über den Autor
Avner Offer is Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College. Prior to his academic career he spent eight years working as a soldier, farmer, and conservation worker in Israel, where he was born and raised. His other books include In Pursuit of the Quality of Life (1996), also published by Oxford University Press, and he has been researching the question of the quality of life in affluent societies since the early 1990s. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • 1: Introduction

  • Part One: Evaluating Affluence

  • 2: Economic Welfare Measures and Human Well-Being

  • 3: Passions and Interests: Self-Control and Well-Being

  • 4: Myopic and Rational Choice

  • 5: Between the Gift and the Market: The Economy of Regard

  • Part Two: In the Marketplace

  • 6: The Mask of Intimacy: Advertising and Well-Being

  • 7: Epidemics of Abundance: Body-Weight and Self-Control

  • 8: Household Appliances and the Use of Time

  • 9: The American Automobile Frenzy of the 1950s

  • 10: Driving Prudently: American and European

  • Part Three: Self and Others

  • 11: Affluence and the Pursuit of Status

  • 12: Inequality Hurts

  • 13: All You Need is Love? Mating since the 1950s

  • 14: Women and Children Last: The Ebbing of Commitment

  • 15: Conclusion

Details
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199216628
ISBN-10: 0199216622
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Offer, Avner
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Maße: 234 x 156 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Avner Offer
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2007
Gewicht: 0,714 kg
Artikel-ID: 108626767
Über den Autor
Avner Offer is Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College. Prior to his academic career he spent eight years working as a soldier, farmer, and conservation worker in Israel, where he was born and raised. His other books include In Pursuit of the Quality of Life (1996), also published by Oxford University Press, and he has been researching the question of the quality of life in affluent societies since the early 1990s. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • 1: Introduction

  • Part One: Evaluating Affluence

  • 2: Economic Welfare Measures and Human Well-Being

  • 3: Passions and Interests: Self-Control and Well-Being

  • 4: Myopic and Rational Choice

  • 5: Between the Gift and the Market: The Economy of Regard

  • Part Two: In the Marketplace

  • 6: The Mask of Intimacy: Advertising and Well-Being

  • 7: Epidemics of Abundance: Body-Weight and Self-Control

  • 8: Household Appliances and the Use of Time

  • 9: The American Automobile Frenzy of the 1950s

  • 10: Driving Prudently: American and European

  • Part Three: Self and Others

  • 11: Affluence and the Pursuit of Status

  • 12: Inequality Hurts

  • 13: All You Need is Love? Mating since the 1950s

  • 14: Women and Children Last: The Ebbing of Commitment

  • 15: Conclusion

Details
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199216628
ISBN-10: 0199216622
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Offer, Avner
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Maße: 234 x 156 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Avner Offer
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2007
Gewicht: 0,714 kg
Artikel-ID: 108626767
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