“The ever-mounting glut of waste materials is characteristic by-product of modern consumer society. It might even be argued that capitalism's continual need to find of generate markets means that disposibility and waste have become the spine of the system. To consume means, literally, to destroy or expend, and in the garbage crisis we confront the underlying truth of a society in which enormous productive capacities and market forces have harnessed human needs and desires, without regard to the long or even short-term future of life on the planet.”
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Work
All Consuming Images: The Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture
This book delves into the ways in which visual media shapes contemporary society, analyzing the political and cultural forces at play in the creation and consumption of images. more
Author
Stuart Ewen
Stuart Ewen is a renowned author, born in 1945. more