Voluntary simplicity : responding to consumer culture / edited by Daniel Doherty and Amitai Etzioni.
Series: Rights and responsibilities (Lanham, Md.)Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003.Description: ix, 210 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0742520668 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0742520676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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- BJ1496 .V65 2003
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface / Daniel Doherty. Introduction: Voluntary Simplicity-- Psychological Implications, Societal Consequences / Amitai Etzioni. HUMAN WANTS, HUMAN GOODS : A Theory of Human Motivation / A. H. Maslow -- Wealth and Happiness: A Limited Relationship / David G. Myers -- Consuming for Love / Edward N. Luttwak -- The Problem of Over-Consumption-Why Economists Don't Get It / Juliet Schor -- Achieving Collective Well-Being through Greater Simplicity: A Simple Proposal / Robert Frank. SIMPLICITY THROUGHOUT HISTORY Early American Simplicity: The Quaker Ethic / David Shi -- Simple Needs / Charles Wagner -- The Value of Voluntary Simplicity / Richard B. Gregg -- Voluntary Simplicity: A Movement Emerges / Duane Elgin and Arnold Mitchell. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES : Conspicuous "Simplicity" / David Brooks -- The Liberating Role of Consumption and the Myth of Artificially Created Desires / James B. Twitchell.