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Are the values of consumer society simply American values?
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Introduction to sociology. 2001 Patrick Livingstone 00906794 Are the values of consumer society simply American values? Consumerism is thriving in the world's economies today, it can be seen everywhere, in what we wear, watch or eat. Foods and clothes that are from other parts of the world yet so accessible locally. It is through the rise of globalisation in recent years that consumerism is now a major area of thought. Consumption in the economic sense is defined as a process through which resources are used up. In today's society as Mr Fromm points out "Contemporary man has unlimited hunger for more and more goods", (The Consumer Society Reader: Edited by Martyn J Lee ) Such a characteristic of consumer society is simply not down to American values, but the majority of today's society, the American culture does support many consumer values, but to say that one is simply based on the other...
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