The Rebel Sell: How The Counter Culture Became Consumer Culture
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The Rebel Sell How The Counter Culture Became Consumer Culture

Edited by Joseph Heath · Andrew Potter
John Wiley & Sons February 2006

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ISBN-13
9781841126555
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication
February 2006
Format
Paperback , 376 pages
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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An explosive rejection of the myth of the counterculture in the most provocative book since No Logo.

In this wide-ranging and perceptive work of cultural criticism, Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter shatter the central myth of radical political, economic and cultural thinking. The idea of a counterculture – that is, a world outside of the consumer dominated one that encompasses us – pervades everything from the anti-globalisation movement to feminism and environmentalism. And the idea that mocking the system, or trying to ‘jam’ it so it will collapse, they argue, is not only counterproductive but has helped to create the very consumer society that rad icals oppose.

In a lively blend of pop culture, history and philosophical analysis, Heath and Potter offer a startlingly clear picture of what a concern for social justice might look like without the confusion of the counterculture obsession with being different.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I.

1 The birth of counterculture.

2 Freud goes to California.

3 Being normal.

4 I hate myself and want to buy.

5 Extreme rebellion.

Part II.

6 Uniforms and uniformity.

7 From status-seeking to coolhunting.

8 Coca-colonisation.

9 Th ank you, India.

10 Spaceship Earth.

Conclusion.

Afterword.

Index.

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