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Loading... The Poverty of Affluence: A Psychological Portrait of the American Way of Life (Rebel Reads, 5) (edition 2017)by Paul Wachtel (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. An insightful analysis of the psychological poverty of modern materialism. We have developed a culture that is good at extracting natural resources and building material wealth, but psychological wealth has not kept pace. Wachtel is especialy impressive because although his own views are psychodynamic, he is also able to draw upon other perspectives, both in psychology and economics, to make his case ( ) no reviews | add a review
In his 1983 classicThe Poverty of Affluence, Paul Wachtelexamines the psychological underpinnings of our insatiable desire for growth, and endless quest for "more"--whether in jobs, relationships, or any other sphere of life--suggesting that our commitment to consumption is in fact an increasingly desperate attempt to replace the sense of community that our very growth has torn apart. No library descriptions found. |
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