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The Experience Society
Consumer Capitalism Rebooted
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Focusing on the shift from consumption of goods to the purchase of experiences, this book examines the implications of contemporary capitalism. It explores how leisure has become a means of escaping everyday life rather than achieving a utopian ideal. Through various examples like sports, architecture, and social media, Steven Miles critiques the colonization of experiences by consumer culture, revealing the ideological and psycho-social tensions inherent in the experience society. This critical analysis highlights capitalism's deepening impact on daily existence.
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The Experience Society, Steven Miles
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- Title
- The Experience Society
- Subtitle
- Consumer Capitalism Rebooted
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Steven Miles
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN13
- 9780745338705
- Category
- Ethnography
- Description
- Focusing on the shift from consumption of goods to the purchase of experiences, this book examines the implications of contemporary capitalism. It explores how leisure has become a means of escaping everyday life rather than achieving a utopian ideal. Through various examples like sports, architecture, and social media, Steven Miles critiques the colonization of experiences by consumer culture, revealing the ideological and psycho-social tensions inherent in the experience society. This critical analysis highlights capitalism's deepening impact on daily existence.