Tag Archives : materialism

Retailer brand Lord & Taylor has not changed its tag line in the times of recession. There is no reason why should it change either for recession is not going to change human attitudes and instincts overnight. Human world is full of emotions and competitions. There is no point in denying that most people want to love self, spend on self to look [...]

For most, shopping is a sport. For the rest, it is an addiction. A recent UK survey reveals that women are more prone to shop during times of financial crisis. 75 percent of those surveyed said that a shopping spree will cheer them up during a gloomy recession. ‘Of the 700 women surveyed, 40 percent said depression was an excuse to overspend; 60 [...]

Wordsworth heavily criticized the fatalistic effect of man’s decadent materialism. For the poet, the material world is what is foremost in man’s mind, preoccupying and consuming his entire being. In the process, man forgets the beauty of nature in his life full of “getting and spending.” Wordsworth’s insight into the relationship between man [...]

Man’s materialism and greed that are carried out at the expense of nature have not changed from 19th century, as seen in William Wordsworth’s poem “The World Is Too Much with Us” (1807), till now that man is already in the 21st century. Man’s unnecessary, profligate, and irresponsible consumption has been continually depleting the finite resources [...]

Sean Pean’s film ‘Into the Wild’ (2007) is based on the book (same name) about life of a young adventurous student Christopher Mc Candless who undertook a journey to discover self by living alone in Alaska and tragically could not retrace his steps back to civilized world. The film essentially explores darkness in the soul of the young man and [...]