Modernity and Consumption: Theory, Politics, and the Public in Singapore and Malaysia

by Antonio L. Rappa

The Enlightenment theorists involved in the public/private debate exposed the logical fallacies of theology and the philosophical weaknesses of metaphysics but left little room for understanding contemporary modes of consumption. What does it mean to be a consumer in the early 21st century? Do modern markets provide real choices for consumers in neoliberal capitalist democracies? Or are consumers ironically slaves to their own patterns of consumption?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9812380299
• ISBN13: 9789812380296
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 288 Pages