Sentences with phrase «other on consumerism»

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At the same time Aetna, along with other large national insurers, has been converting from largely wholesale operations focused on the employer to more retail operations infused with an emphasis on consumerism.

But other big companies are rolling the dice on making conscious consumerism more appealing.

And how significant is it that this attitude of separation places great emphasis on some issues of outward appearance (alcohol, smoking, tattoos, entertainment) and not others (unthinking consumerism, gluttony)?

Consumerism within Christianity is still an uncomfortable conversation for me, even on the other side of debt.

which also concerns the individual».41 She illustrates this as follows: «It is not enough to criticize property rights... so long as we, as «powerless» individuals, are not able to clarify how we are entangled in the general structures, that is, how we profit from the structures and how we conform to the introverted norms that we regard as self - evident — for example, the norms of achievement, consumerism, reasons of state — and pass them on to others, even when we reject them privately and verbally.

Governemnt steve, has one boot in the waters of corporate consumerisms while the other leg is bare naked and on top of a mound of fire ants,,,,,

So yeah I guess I would be pretty much on the same page as you with this with God being above all other gods that we may have — of which there are many consumerism, status, money, beauty etc. could be included — any «external projections of the real».

Similarly, other productions, such as Billy Elliot, focus very much on the reality of the politics at the time of the Miners Strike in 1984 and shows such as We Will Rock You and Chicago The Musical looked at consumerism and mass identity and the power of the media respectively to focus on just a few of their themes.

US, on the other hand, has had consumerism for decades, and the cycle is reversing in favour of a lot of people pursuing Financial Independence at the cost of extreme frugality.

In retrospect, one shouldn't be surprised when one looks at the root of the word «industry» and the whole purpose is to provide quality goods to consumers and also monopolize on consumerism itself; one is more important than the other, depending on whom you ask.

Today's experimentation takes the form of incorporating materials such as plastic, polyurethane and other industrial materials to create soft sculptures which reflect also, on the fast - changing Chinese society and the impact of consumerism on people's daily lives.

On the other hand, being highly critical of religion, mass consumerism and the general darker side of human nature, Peter Adamyan uses pop culture imagery to comment on the contemporary societOn the other hand, being highly critical of religion, mass consumerism and the general darker side of human nature, Peter Adamyan uses pop culture imagery to comment on the contemporary societon the contemporary society.

The works thus comprising Alvi's oeuvre not only reconsiders the worth of disposed paper products, but it also points to the importance of neglected quotidian objects — logs, tree trunks, and coins, among other items, combine with the collages and subsequently meditate on themes of consumerism, economy, desire, and commercialism.

Other artists during this period addressed social and political issues through their work, such as Jean - Michel Basquiat commenting on consumerism and religion through comic imagery in A Panel of Experts (1982).

Weary of the criticism that was plaguing his signature car part works that situated them as a commentary on American car culture, consumerism and taste, Chamberlain sought out other materials through which he could create sculptures so as to avoid then so called «car crash syndrome.»

I honestly think she's too young to be listening to me going on and on about such confusing stuff as oil, gas, coal, greenhouse effect, global warming, manmade climate change, population explosion (she knows about it), deforestation, desertification, rapid extinction of other species, pollution, problems, overconsumption, overindustrialization, problems, politics, economics, consumerism, and problems, religion, war, etc., etc., etc..

At a western - style shrine to consumerism, «Solana Lifestyle Shopping Park,» two stars of the hugely popular Happy Camp television show took a stage in front of cheering throngs to celebrate the completion of a monthlong «I'm Finished with Fins» campaign on Sina Weibo (China's answer to Twitter) and other social media platforms.

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While there have been some valid feminist critiques about Dove's emphasis on beauty and empowerment through consumerism, Dove and Unilever's other Sustainable Living Brands have, by and large, lived up to the spirit of the Sustainable Development Goals.

But their consumerism (the 1 billion plus on the planet today) takes all forms via services rendered and purchases (whether that's a 10 bathroom villa, flying to London for the latest stars rock concert, or another new car, or buying $ 1 million in shares with their loose change to keep the tax free / low tax income coming in from shares and other special «investment» opportunists only they get offered.)

Consumerism, on the other hand, is a relatively new cultural shift that has proven to be highly addictive — and dangerous.

But an e-reader also brings up other aspects of consumerism: the ease of impulsive purchases, the desire for instant gratification, a diminished perceived value of a product because of its digital format, the conundrum of minimalism, and so on.