Avallability:
Commercial distribution
- Canada: Nomade Diffusion
- France and Belgum: DG Diffusion
- Switzerland: Servidis
Bookstores
- It is with pleasure that we will reference on this page all librairies that will request it (benoit@duguay.org).
Canada
Other countries
The book will be available in France, en Belgium and Switzerland in the spring of 2015. Readers from countries other than Canada can order the book at Amazon.ca or from éditions Liber.
Overview:
« This book is not a vengeful criticism of consumption or of any give type of product; others have amply diabolized such things. My criticism will rather be moderate and constructive, driven by the desire to understand and be understood. I therefore study the influences that have contributed to the advent of the consumer society, as well as its negative effects and the dangers it engenders. I also discuss certain phenomena that characterize it, hyperconsumption and obsolescence, of course, but also the popularity of mobile technologies, the "tribes" phenomenon, those of Apple and the iPhone in particular, and the rhetoric of advertising. Finally, I will propose potential solutions to correct postmodern excesses of the consumation society and conducive of a more responsible consumption and trade. Beyond consumption and the system around which it revolves, it is a reflection on our whole society of excess that I invite. » ( B. D. )
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