The impulse society : what's wrong with getting what we want
Roberts, Paul, 1961 August 2-2014
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In every facet of postindustrial society - the way we eat, the way we communicate and entertain, the way we work, the way we court lovers and raise children, educate and govern - technology and affluence has let us reach our goals with a speed and efficiency unimaginable even a generation ago. But the result is not all milk and honey. The costs of living this way are substantial: financial volatility, health epidemics, environmental exhaustion and political paralysis, to say nothing of a growing, gnawing dissatisfaction. Here, Paul Roberts traces the roots of this problem, damningly revealing how it has permeated society, and cogently argues how it may, perhaps, still be reversed.
Main title:
The impulse society : what's wrong with getting what we want / Paul Roberts.
Author:
Roberts, Paul, 1961 August 2-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781408830468 (hbk)9781408851609 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.3'0973
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
8863