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What is Appetitive

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Multifaceted Explorations of Consumer Culture and Its Impact on Individuals and Society
Characteristic of or pertaining to appetite.
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Waking Up: Consumerism and Plato's Republic
C. P. Ragland (Saint Louis University, USA)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6120-0.ch014
Abstract
Three motifs from Plato's Republic are summarized and related to contemporary consumer culture: the allegory of the cave, the three-part model of the soul, and the discussion of wage-earning. Reflection on these motifs supports the anti-consumerist educational program called for by Pope Francis in his environmental encyclical Laudato Si. Studying Plato can encourage people to think of consumerism as a waking dream, and to identify with their rational, altruistic desires. Such identification discourages thoughtless, environmentally destructive consumption.
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