Sentences with phrase «modern consumerism»
"Modern consumerism" refers to the idea and behavior adopted by individuals in current times, where the main focus is on purchasing and consuming products and services. It is characterized by the constant desire for acquiring new things and the tendency to prioritize material possessions in everyday life. Full definition
The working group on the Anthropocene — part of the International Union of Geological Sciences — favours a date around 1950, when nuclear explosions and the start of modern consumerism started to have long - term effects on the biosphere.
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The working group on the Anthropocene — part of the International Union of Geological Sciences — favours a date around 1950, because nuclear explosions and the start of modern consumerism really started to have long - term effects on the biosphere.
Also up this week: a Criterion Channel original documentary on the world of Yasujiro Ozu, a short and a feature about modern consumerism, and a delectable culinary double bill.
With the excesses of modern consumerism in mind, Hong Hao, who trained in printmaking, digitally scans the bases of everyday objects to visually deconstruct their functional properties.
The confrontation between the Church and modern consumerism will continue to occur principally in the West, where a fresh infusion of Orthodoxy's otherworldliness may prove a useful inoculant; but the encounter or confrontation with Islam will be principally, as it long has been, in the East.
Others see vintage as an opportunity to make a statement against the artificiality of modern consumerism.
Andy Warhol built an entire oeuvre on appropriation and repetition, fascinated by both phenomena, as well as by the modern consumerism.
Shot in Sian Ka'an, a UNESCO World Heritage site and biosphere reserve in Mexico, the project depicts the pervasiveness of the environmental impact of modern consumerism.
The paintings could be viewed both as critiques of modern consumerism and as glimpses into the collective American consciousness.
THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE Marketing and Modern Consumerism A speech to the Third National Consumer Congress Melbourne 16 March 2006 Clive Hamilton