Is consumerism a form of fundamentalism?
M. Cathrene Connery, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bilingual & TESL Education
Central Washington University
>>> Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> 3/8/2007 5:54 PM >>>
I think one could say that fundamentalism is a reaction to consumerism,
which is not quite the same as saying that consumerism undermines
fundamentalism. They are enemies but they are certainly fighting in the
same ring. Unfortunately, we all get damaged in the fight.
Andy
At 04:16 PM 8/03/2007 -0800, you wrote:
>Ultimately the real enemy of
>fundamentalisms (political, religious or otherwise) is consumerism.
>
>Interesting!
>
>The "powers that be" certainly must agree with you - the malls in Saudi
>Arabia are heavily patrolled by the mutawah and seem far from secular. I
>have trouble seeing beyond a captive population of wealthy fundamentalist
>Muslims - where some of their own have brought in a highly selected sampling
>from the world's market. I had never looked at the consumerism, in itself,
>as undermining the fundamentalist message, but those products that increase
>exposure to other worlds must have an impact - the most benign seeming
>purchases can lead down dangerous paths.
>
>Thanks for posting this link.
>
>Deb
>
>
>On 3/8/07, JAG <joe.glick@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>For me it is both comic and tragic. Utlimately the real enemy of
>>fundamentalisms (political, religious or otherwise) is consumerism.
>>There is no victory anywhere - there is just the possibilty that
>>things that are now deathly serious become postmodernly curious. .
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>>On 3/8/07, deborah downing-wilson <ddowningw@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hope for....?
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>> > On 3/8/07, JAG <joe.glick@gmail.com> wrote:
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