Voluntary Simplicity

Responding to Consumer Culture

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Political Science
Cover of the book Voluntary Simplicity by David Brooks, Duane Elgin, Amitai Etzioni, Robert Frank, Richard B. Gregg, Edward N. Luttwak, A H. Maslow, Arnold Mitchell, David G. Myers, David Shi, Juliet Schor, James B. Twitchell, Charles Wagner, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Author: David Brooks, Duane Elgin, Amitai Etzioni, Robert Frank, Richard B. Gregg, Edward N. Luttwak, A H. Maslow, Arnold Mitchell, David G. Myers, David Shi, Juliet Schor, James B. Twitchell, Charles Wagner ISBN: 9781461646785
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publication: November 22, 2003
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Language: English
Author: David Brooks, Duane Elgin, Amitai Etzioni, Robert Frank, Richard B. Gregg, Edward N. Luttwak, A H. Maslow, Arnold Mitchell, David G. Myers, David Shi, Juliet Schor, James B. Twitchell, Charles Wagner
ISBN: 9781461646785
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication: November 22, 2003
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English

A simpler life. In a shadow cast by the jarring beginning of the new millennium, simplicity has an undeniable appeal. Global conflicts, domestic security concerns, and a stalling economy can make keeping up with the Joneses feel like, at best, a misguided luxury. Now is not a time for excess; it is a time, it would seem, to focus on 'what really matters.' Thus the appeal of voluntary simplicity, a notion that combines the freedom of modernity with certain comforts and virtues of the past. The authors in this volume speak to the what, why, and how of voluntary simplicity (and even to some extent the where, when, and who). Those included range from contemporary academics to thinkers from the turn of the last century, from ardent supporters to staunch critics. They approach the subject from a variety of perspectives-economic, psychological, sociological, historical, and theological. Each either implicitly or explicitly helps us explore the desirability and feasibility of voluntary simplicity.

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A simpler life. In a shadow cast by the jarring beginning of the new millennium, simplicity has an undeniable appeal. Global conflicts, domestic security concerns, and a stalling economy can make keeping up with the Joneses feel like, at best, a misguided luxury. Now is not a time for excess; it is a time, it would seem, to focus on 'what really matters.' Thus the appeal of voluntary simplicity, a notion that combines the freedom of modernity with certain comforts and virtues of the past. The authors in this volume speak to the what, why, and how of voluntary simplicity (and even to some extent the where, when, and who). Those included range from contemporary academics to thinkers from the turn of the last century, from ardent supporters to staunch critics. They approach the subject from a variety of perspectives-economic, psychological, sociological, historical, and theological. Each either implicitly or explicitly helps us explore the desirability and feasibility of voluntary simplicity.

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