• Consumption, materialism, and modern society
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5

Clarification: Any references to "Moodle" in the lecture are about a different e-learning program used to teach this course in the past. Now, instead of Moodle, all SOC165 materials are available in the IS.

Required reading:

• Bell: Consumption and materialism (Chapter 2)
• Slater: Themes from the sociology of consumption
• Union of Concerned Scientists: The consumer’s guide to effective environmental choices (chapter 1)

• Mathis Wackernagel: The ecological footprint
• Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice

• Week 3 quiz