Scarcity and modernity
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Scarcity and modernity
(Routledge library editions, . Environmental and natural resource economics ; v. 21)
Routledge, 2018, c1989
- : hbk
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"First published in 1989 by Routledge"--T. p. verso
Includes indexes
ISBN for subseries set: 9781138082830
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Originally published in 1989. In this book Nicholas Xenos argues that the assumption that scarcity is a universal human condition is far from universal but rather a product of western influence. Informed by the work of Baudrillard, Bourdieu, Girard, and Sahlins, this historical narrative of scarcity incorporates interpretations of texts and practices from eighteenth-century London to contemporary New York. Lucid and elegant in style, Scarcity and Modernity will appear to those with interests in social and political thought and cultural criticism.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Inventing Scarcity 2. The Promise of Abundance 3. Economizing 4. Consuming
- Conclusion
- Index
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