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‘Stuffocation’ and the pursuit of happiness: to do or to have?

Di Paolo, Jessica (2015) ‘Stuffocation’ and the pursuit of happiness: to do or to have? POLIS: journalism and society at the LSE (19 Feb 2015). Website.

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Abstract

This article is by LSE MSc student Jessica Di-Paolo Materialism vs ‘Experientialism’ Zygmunt Bauman writes in Liquid Love On the Frailty of Human Bonds that we live in a ‘shopping malls era’. Finding love has become as easy as buying a pair of shoes: the explosion of choice and the speed at which we want to consume what we get is changing the way we interact with and approach the world.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/
Additional Information: © 2015 The Author(s)
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Date Deposited: 05 Jun 2017 12:31
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 20:06
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/76836

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