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Системата на консумизма: морал и граници
The Consumerism System: Ethics and Limits

Author(s): Ivan Mikov
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: consumerism; well-being; morality; hedonism; asceticism

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze the basic elements and characteristics of the system of consumerism. Here are examined the main contemporary philosophical conceptualizations of the theme of contemporary consumer society. The influence of the “Diderot effect“ on the system of consumerism is shown. It is analyzed the development of contemporary consumerism in relation with its opposite trends and moral strategies for achieving well-being.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2010
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 13-20
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian
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