Computing our way to paradise? : the role of internet and communication technologies in sustainable consumption and globalization / Robert Rattle.

Author: Rattle, Robert.

Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010.

Descriptionxiii, 231 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:ICTs and globalization: asking important questions -- The poverty of affluence: sustainable consumption and global environmental change -- Virtual morality: globalization, ICTs, and sustainable consumption -- Lulled to complacency: ICTs and energy and materials consumption -- The efficiency paradox: intensity and consumption -- From social meanings to global conformity: ICTs and global commons -- Pathological tendencies: the health link -- Incantations and ICTs: a global ideological pervasion -- Redefining reality, transforming values -- Global transformations: serious considerations and promising opportunities.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-223) and index.

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