Apocalypse Now? Kate Atkinson Reads Ovid’s Metamorphoses by Barbara Weiden Boyd

“…Atkinson uses the Latin poet’s interest in change and its often strange permutations as a way of interrogating contemporary concerns about consumerism, environmental degradation, and cultural forgetfulness, against a backdrop of post-apocalyptic fantasy. …”
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Reasons for the migration of church members from one congregation to another by I. M. Bredenkamp, W. J. Schoeman

“…The effects of secularisation and the Enlightenment, and their consequences at various levels, as well as the theories of McDonaldisation and Consumerism were taken into consideration to explain the migration of church members between congregations. …”
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The current status of the use of genetic modification and editing to improve biodiversity and ecological sustainability by Gideon Sadikiel Mmbando, Kelvin Ngongolo

“…We found that the slow use of GME technologies was due to the public's varied ethical perspectives, which are influenced by cultural, religious, and ethical consumerism factors. This study emphasizes the critical need for open and honest regulations, stakeholder involvement, and moral standards to successfully negotiate the morally complex dilemmas of genetic modification and editing technologies for biodiversity conservation and a sustainable future.…”
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A Review of Japanese Ecological Anthropology on Central African Hunter-gatherers by Mitsuo Ichikawa

“…Contemporary hunter-gatherers in central Africa face similar problems concerning their culture and environment: destruction of the forests that have been accommodating their unique forest-based culture, influences of market economy and consumerism, and nature conservation initiatives that restrict their extractive activities in protected areas. …”
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Honeymoon Tourism as Romantic Consumption in China by Weiqi Yan, Junmin Liu, Yujie Zhu

“…As an active embrace of modern consumerism, these cultural products symbolise a collective impetus to seize and monumentalise love relationships through the ‘tourism moment’. …”
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Una seconda opportunità per le cose. Circuito del dono e processi di mercificazione in un emporio dello scambio e del baratto by Viola Lucrezia Giuliani

“…The interviews addressed to the members have also shown an interesting heterogeneity within the process from approaching to consumption, demonstrating how a strong, sometimes contradictory, critic towards consumerism impacts most of their choices, when these are not dictated by financial needs. …”
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Discotheques, Magazines and Plexiglas: Superstudio and the Architecture of Mass Culture by Ross K. Elfline

“…Later, the group abandoned these pursuits in favour of utopian ‘paper architecture’ projects, simultaneously rejecting the reified consumer object while relying entirely on the magazine as a formal support, a medium fully ingrained in the world of consumerism. Eventually, Superstudio proposed a ‘world without objects’ in which the individual would have a more direct relationship to everyday life by pursuing nomadism and plugging into a networked grid covering the Earth’s surface. …”
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Environmental alarmism: the Club of Rome and its critics by Nikolai Mihailov, Lidia Sakelarieva

“…However the global environmental crisis is already an undeniable fact and requires a thorough study of the ethical standards of the human behaviour, which are often rooted in moral phenomena such as consumerism, irresponsibility, insensitivity or even selfishness. …”
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La costruzione culturale della vita materiale: dono strategico, economie e relazioni informali nei mercati pubblici by Silvia Lelli

“…As contexts in which different economies – capitalist and non-monetary, formal and informal, where the gift is a social and commercial strategy – are simultaneously ongoing, as spaces of interaction between highly heterogeneous socio-economical classes, between solidarity and exploitation, consumerism, reuse and saving, street markets are aggregates of apparently contradictory, but complementary social qualities. …”
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Embracing quiet ego for flourishing: mediating role of authenticity and voluntary simplicity by Rabindra Kumar Pradhan, Peeyush Anand, Kailash Jandu, Shilpa Sabu, Adnaan Ahmad

“…Having an ego whose volume is tapered down, leading an authentic life, and adopting a lifestyle characterized by ethical consumerism are all linked to a better flourishing state.…”
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Quo Vadis: Anthropological Dimension of the Modern Civilization Crisis by V. M. Shapoval, I. V. Tolstov

“…The idea of forming a productive information environment where the ideas of constructiveness and creative work will dominate rather than consumerism and destruction, as is the case at present, must become the categorical imperative of the new consciousness.…”
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Compulsive Buying Disorder among Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing Undergraduate Students from Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India: A Cross-sectional Study by A Hari Narayanan, Vedapriya Dande Rajasekar, Raja Danasekaran, BN Surya, P Manoj, S Madhush Kumar, Rehana Syed, R Harishma

“…It is characterised by excessive and uncontrollable buying behaviour. With the rise of consumerism and the proliferation of online shopping, compulsive buying has increased, particularly among adolescents and young adults. …”
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Gastronomy vs gastro-anomie? Japan’s foodscape by А. V. Malov, S. V. Chugrov

“…As empirical evidence, the authors present and analyze successful marketing strategies of multinational corporations that focus on monetization of cultural and household rituals, commodification of traditions, and consumerization of ancient religious rituals. In addition, the authors reveal the powerful protectionist potential of the washoku as traditional food culture of Japan. …”
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