Curing Affluenza
by Richard Denniss /
2018 / English / EPUB
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In the tradition of Paul Mason's Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our
Future and Rutger Bregman's Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get
There
In the tradition of Paul Mason's Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our
Future and Rutger Bregman's Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get
There
Affluenza is the empty sense we feel when our wasteful consumerist
lifestyle leaves us dissatisfied and unfulfilled. How can we
cureourselves of this strikingly modern affliction? According to
Richard Denniss, we must distinguish between consumerism, the love
of buying things, which is undeniably harmful to us and to the
planet, and materialism, the love of things, which can in fact be
beneficial. In this sparkling book of ideas, he shows why we must
cherish the things that we own – preserve them, maintain them, and
then gift them or sell them when we no longer have a need for them.
If we as a society do not cure ourselves of affluenza, we make it
impossible for all the people of our planet to enjoy a higher
standard of living, and we condemn our environment to a polluted
and unsustainable future.
Affluenza is the empty sense we feel when our wasteful consumerist
lifestyle leaves us dissatisfied and unfulfilled. How can we
cureourselves of this strikingly modern affliction? According to
Richard Denniss, we must distinguish between consumerism, the love
of buying things, which is undeniably harmful to us and to the
planet, and materialism, the love of things, which can in fact be
beneficial. In this sparkling book of ideas, he shows why we must
cherish the things that we own – preserve them, maintain them, and
then gift them or sell them when we no longer have a need for them.
If we as a society do not cure ourselves of affluenza, we make it
impossible for all the people of our planet to enjoy a higher
standard of living, and we condemn our environment to a polluted
and unsustainable future.
