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the consumer in British socialist thought since 1800
Consumer in British socialist thought since 1800
A study of the place of the consumer and consumption in the political economy of British socialism, from its early-nineteenth-century origins to the modern Left, illustrating the multifaceted ideological challenge presented by the accommodation of the consumer within socialist political economy.
On the cusp of abundance -- Socialist political economy and the growth of mass consumption, 1880-1914 -- 'Punished by the attainment of their desires' : social democratic conceptions of consumption and the consumer in inter-war Britain -- Conceptualizing the consumer in an age of affluence -- Social democracy and the apotheosis of the consumer -- Gathering the fragments : critiquing the new consumerism -- Retrospect and prospect.
Includes bibliographical references and index.