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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L’Église verte ? La construction d’une écologie catholique : étapes et tensions by Étienne Grésillon , Bertrand Sajaloli

“…Finally, another vision emerges from the church criticizing consumerism and critical commercial vision of nature. …”
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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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“Some Unholy Alloy”: Neoliberalism, Digital Modernity, and the Mechanics of Globalized Capital in Cormac McCarthy’s The Counselor by David Deacon

“…The subversive appetites of Western consumerism—focused around commodity fetishism and narcotics—symbolized by characters like Westray, Reiner, and Malkina, render a distinctly modern tragedy enabling a critique of how (and whether) it is possible to represent and oppose such a system of increasing ephemerality and correlative persuasion.…”
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(Un)homely Dwellings: The Usher House and the Collyer Mansion by Theodora Tsimpouki

“…In Doctorow’s novel, the Collyer brothers are not the obsessed hoarders or the models of American consumerism par excellence, as the urban myth describes them. …”
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A Critical Review of Orientalism, Post Modernism and Globalism by Shamsolmolok Mostafavi

“…Emphasizing that the main threat to religious faith in a postmodern society is the commodification of everyday life, he urges intellectuals, in the light of the created shifts in the global nature of consumerism, to reflect on the traditional ways in which Orientalism has been discussed. …”
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Perilaku Konsumsi Impulsive Buying Perspektif Imam Al-Ghazali by Cucu Komala

“…This proves that the culture of consumerism has changed the pattern of human life today. …”
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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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"The World is too much with us:" The Character of Literary Studies Today by Zekiye Antakyalıoğlu

“…Ours is a chaotic century with manifold problems such as terrorism, war, economic crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, climate changes, oil and water crises, Anthropocene, consumerism, migration, digitalisation, and the question of democracy, etc. …”
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“Today the Pot is Boiling Over!”: Ebony Magazine, the Black Revolts, and the Search for a Social Resolution, 1966-1967 by Sid Ahmed Ziane

“…While Ebony was a glossy magazine designed for promoting Black fashion, advertising, and consumerism, it also proved to be a critical outlet aiming at bringing about a social reformation to Black America. …”
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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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Changes in value system and life aspirations of youth in Poland from the perspective of thirty years (1989-2019) by Mirosława Jaworowska

“…Results The results of the research indicate a clash occurring between the bearers of consumerism and emancipation values. They are the ones that dominate the aspirations and aspirations of Poland's young generation for their own and the country's civilizational advancement. …”
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Haunted Houses, Haunted Bodies: Spectral Presence in Arlington Park by Claire WROBEL

“…The main characters try to define themselves using marital status and social class, images of femininity and the possibilities offered by consumerism. The novel stages uncanny moments when women feel estranged from themselves, as when Amanda finds herself “strangely tranfigured” in Liz Connelly’s eyes: “a sort of ghost passed through her that was both herself and not herself.” …”
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The potential of integrating conscious living into education for generation Z in the light of primary data by Mónika Garai-Fodor, Nikolett Huszák

“…We argue that conscious consumption can greatly help to foster social responsibility, environmental and health-conscious behaviour and ethical consumerism. We believe that it is an important educational task to promote and reinforce consumer behaviour among young people that increases and creates community value.MethodsIn this study, we analysed the dimensions of young people’s conscious consumer behaviour and its manifestation in concrete forms of behaviour, purchasing and consumer decisions. …”
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The Critical Analysis of Cultural Values in American English File Textbook Series by Ali Derakhshan

“…Moreover, results revealed that these instructional materials are filled with cultural values unique to the Western world, the most prevalent of which include girlfriend-boyfriend relationship, consumerism, lack of studying, Western music, artifacts, lack of trust between the couples, rate of divorce and break-up, and inculcation of Western culture. …”
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