The Consumer Society: Is There a Place for Traditional Adult Education?

Autor/in	Jarvis, Peter
Titel	The Consumer Society: Is There a Place for Traditional Adult Education?
Quelle	In: Convergence, 41 (2008) 1, S.11-27 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-8146
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Western Civilization; Consumer Economics; Life Style; Purchasing; Social Systems; Global Approach; Information Technology; Information Management; Adult Education; Adult Learning; Advertising; Persuasive Discourse + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konsumökonomie; Lebensstil; Beschaffungswesen; Kauf; Social system; Soziales System; Globales Denken; Informationstechnologie; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Werbung; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation
Abstract	This paper assumes that contemporary Western society is a consumer society and argues that the need of global capitalism to sell its commodities in the market place is the fundamental force behind consumerism. A model of globalisation is discussed. In it, we see how the control of information technology means that producers have the power to educate, even indoctrinate, the general public about the need to continue purchasing commodities. The forces of global capitalism have infiltrated universities and have incorporated a great deal of adult education, so that it is necessary for traditional adult education to find a new way of counteracting the forces of consumerism. (Contains 2 figures and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10