As a
followup to the American Values artistamps created last year, we created a
second collage out of newspaper advertisements and magazine clippings with the
title "Commodity Civilization II." So much of American life is a
preoccupation with acquiring material goods, and of course advertising images
and messages are omnipresent in all media as constant accompaniment. The
American cultural historian Jackson Lears has coined the term "commodity
civilization" to described what has been called the American Way of Life.
Can we imagine another future where human relationships rather than commodity
acquisition might be valued more highly?
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