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The virtue of prosperity : finding values in an age of techno-affluence /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Wealth > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Success > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Values > United States.
Virtue.
Technology > Social aspects > United States.
Technology > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Capitalism > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Geek Chic: anthropologist in a strange land
  • A world without limits: whats new about the new economy
  • The gathering storm: mass affluence and its discontents
  • Created unequal: merit and the ones left behind
  • The lottery of success: who wins, who loses
  • Eye of the needle: the moral critique of prosperity
  • The world we have last: goodbye nature, family community?
  • A future that works: why techno-capitalism prevailed
  • The conquest of human nature: technology and the remaking of humanity
  • The seduction: the quest for the posthuman
  • The gift: the things that matter most.