{"product_id":"9781780999043","title":"iCommunism","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur relationship to consumption is not an easy one. Apart from being self-centred, superficial and \u003cbr\u003enarcissistic, the consumer is held responsible for global warming, poverty and now, by binging on \u003cbr\u003eeasy credit, economic crisis. A straw man has many uses, including being part of the solution by \u003cbr\u003ereducing carbon footprints, consuming more ethically and tightening the proverbial belt. iCommunism \u003cbr\u003edefends the consumer against the prevailing politics of austerity. It splits the fetish from the \u003cbr\u003ecommodity fetish by taking the shine away from the commodity now signified in the ubiquitous \u003cbr\u003ei of i branded products and transfers it over to communism. With ideology once again alive on the \u003cbr\u003estreets of Europe, iCommunism reimagines Herbert Marcuse 1960s artistic critique of capitalism s \u003cbr\u003erepressive performance principle for today s consumer society. Capitalism promised us shiny \u003cbr\u003ethings but only communism can deliver them in a different, more liberating, universal and sustainable form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Collective Ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140122001648,"sku":"9781780999043","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780999043_p0.jpg?v=1769891411","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780999043","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}