Karl Marx, notably, viewed consumerism as morally derelict and in some ways sinful.
From the point of view of ethical consumerism, consumption is a political act that sanctions the values embodied in a product's manufacture.
The juxtaposition of the works is revealing not just in terms of artistic technique but also of contrasting societal views about sexuality, power, consumerism and money.
It is a comic screed against consumerism, a compassionate view of people's quest for meaning, an optimistic guide to decoding the mysteries of the universe.
For a long time Canada has seemed the ideal vantage from which to view the excesses of American consumerism, for Coupland to coin his ideas of McJobs and Bambification and Dorian Graying and the rest.
Wallez and to a lesser degree Hergé shared these opinions, viewing the country's capitalism, consumerism, and mechanisation as a threat to traditional Belgian society.
The introduction of "anti-professional" incentives such as external surveillance and control as well as the incentives of consumerism can be viewed as the start of a negative spiral [ 36], as some of the interviewees also indicate.
In his view, these include runaway post-Communist consumerism ("USE/LESS" also means "Use less") and post-Soviet social atomization.
The unifying theme is, as ever, resistance — against a narrowing world view, against marginalization, against homogeneity, against consumerism.
Many though, especially women, loved American culture - the music and consumerism, and had a view of "America as an ideal", says Wynn.
