His theme is the spiritual loneliness of the modern European, confronted by consumerism, the corporate work ethic and a civilisation in decline.
Using the bindi (the dot that adorns foreheads and symbolizes the third eye) as her leitmotif, Ms. Kher spins narratives via the exploration of identity, personal space, and consumerism confronting Indian society.
And Mr. Douthat never sufficiently confronts the way consumerism and disparities of wealth warp meaningful religiosity.
Yet as it develops, Bhutan is confronting another foreign, fire-breathing dragon, that of modern culture and consumerism, and the country is trying to tame it rather than turn it away.
Confronting Fear, Enjoying Life.
Consider confronting the person.
Young people in Britain are confronted by a society that rubs consumerism in their faces while making them poor.
In the encyclical — the first in the Church's history to confront the environment — the pope assailed the consumerism and wastefulness of modern life, linking stewardship of the natural world with justice for "the poorest and most vulnerable people" and calling for a transformation of economic systems and political policies in order to avert environmental catastrophe.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday called for a radical transformation of politics, economics and individual lifestyles to confront environmental degradation and climate change, blending a biting critique of consumerism and irresponsible development with a plea for swift and unified global action.
Bohemians, she writes, try to "confront and reinvigorate the premises of society, the definitions of kinship, labor, love, leisure, consumerism and identity itself".
