Sentences with phrase «toward consumerism»

Kruger dedicated a lifetime to turning a critical eye toward consumerism, desire, political will and the often - hidden mechanisms of power operating within contemporary society.

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But isn't refusal to buy a SodaStream another example of the growing, and generally positive, trend toward «conscious consumerism»?

In those spaces of contemplation, care for the Earth and constant work toward being present, we find the true gifts of Advent despite consumerism and colonization.

Until we adults level the same criticism toward ourselves as we do toward children, we will not get very deep into a discussion of consumerism.

In a recent book, the distinguished American political scientist Robert A. Dahl offers an optimistic vision in which «an increasing awareness that the dominant culture of competitive consumerism does not lead to greater happiness gives way to a culture of citizenship that strongly encourages movement toward greater political equality among American citizens.»

This may be Sixth Generation director Wang Xiaoshuai's best film ever, digging through the layers of the visible — the mundane reality of China walking toward increased consumerism and material comfort — to reveal a long - hidden sorrow, the unsolved guilt of ordinary people who had to make do just to survive.

Paul Kuniholm Pauper's diverse artistic practice arises amidst issues such as consumerism, corporatocratic evolution, anthropological inquiry overlain popular culture, psychological therapeutic mechanisms, sound language, noise identity, compensatory behavior and durational Art, often in response to self - instigated antipathy toward social media and media distortion of identity.

«Rebirth reflects Mori's shift away from a preoccupation with Japanese pop culture and consumerism toward the creation of contemplative and participatory spaces, and a vision of art and technology as essential parts of the broader ecology,» says Tezuka.

The park represents a return to nature, pointing toward the history of humanbeings; while the mall suggests the perfection of consumerism within late capitalism.

Now, more than ever, consumerism has taken a turn toward the digital space, as emerging tech is helping to shape consumer behavior.