The rebel sell
Subtitle: why the culture can't be jammed
By: Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter
Contributors: Potter, Andrew
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chichester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781841126548
Subjects: Consumption (Economics); Social aspects; Marketing; Advertising; Counterculture; Gegenkultur; Konsumgesellschaft; Verbraucherverhalten; Werbung
Description: "In this wide-ranging and perceptive work of cultural criticism, Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter shatter the central myth of radical political, economic and cultural thinking. The idea of a counterculture - that is, a world outside of the consumer dominated one that encompasses us - pervades everything from the anti-globalisation movement to feminism and environmentalism. And the idea that mocking the system, or trying to 'jam' it so it will collapse, they argue, is not only counterproductive but has helped to create the very consumer society that radicals oppose." "In a lively blend of pop culture, history and philosophical analysis, Heath and Potter offer a clear picture of what a concern for social justice might look like without the confusion of the countercultural obsession with being different."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I: The birth of counterculture; title: Freud goes to California; title: Being normal; title: I hate myself and want to buy; title: Extreme rebellion; title: pt. II: Uniforms and uniformity; title: From status-seeking to coolhunting; title: Coca-colonisation; title: Thank you, India; title: Spaceship Earth.