The Post Affluent Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9256652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amitai Etzioni (0000-0002-2324-5890, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 407-420 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Social Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6764 • E-ISSN: 1470-1162 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0034676042000253990 |
| OpenAlex | W2030743506 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 10 |
Discomfort about the overarching goal of capitalist economies, and the idea that achieving ever higher levels of consumption of products and services is a vacuous goal, has been with us since the onset of industrialization. This contribution looks at the phenomenon and foundations of voluntary simplicity. Its psychological implications and consequences for societies are discussed
Consumption (sociology) · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · Industrialisation · Market economy · Neoclassical economics · Phenomenon · Positive economics · Simplicity · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
The Red Sneakers Effect
The myth of America's “culture of consumerism”
How big is big enough? Toward a sustainable future by examining alternatives to the conventional economic growth paradigm
Downshifters’ Religion? The case of Leo Babauta’s Minimalism
Finite earth, infinite ambitions
Narratives and Practices of Voluntary Simplicity in the Czech Post-Socialist Context
The Emergent Working Society of Leisure
Unifying Studies of Scarcity, Abundance, and Sufficiency
Look at me Saving the Planet! The Imitation of Visible Green Behavior and its Impact on the Climate Value-Action Gap
The Modus Vivendi of Material Simplicity
Working Hours and Sustainable Development
Consumption, Work Hours, and Values in the Writings of John A. Ryan
Distance and Alternative Signals of Status
Hope Movements
Trickle-Round Signals
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |