The Throwaway Society: a Look in the Back Mirror

Kai Uwe Hellmann; Marius K. Luedicke

doi:10.1007/s10603-018-9371-6

The Throwaway Society: a Look in the Back Mirror

Kai Uwe Hellmann^*
, Marius K. Luedicke

^*Korrespondierende*r Autor*in für diese Arbeit

Publikation: Wissenschaftliche Fachzeitschrift › Originalbeitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Begutachtung

Abstract

Whilst public criticisms of an increasingly wasteful consumer society emerged already in late nineteenth Century, the specific concept of a “Throwaway Society” was first used in the early 1960s. This short communication sketches the passionate debate around planned obsolescence and oversaturated consumers and offers a short historical glimpse at a persistent, existential problem that still awaits effective solutions.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Seiten (von - bis)	83-87
Seitenumfang	5
Fachzeitschrift	Journal of Consumer Policy
Jahrgang	41
Ausgabenummer	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-018-9371-6
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 1 März 2018
Extern publiziert	Ja

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