The Rebel Sell
Why The Culture Can't Be Jammed
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On Sale:
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07/07/2005
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Formats:
Trade paperback | E-Book
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With the popularity of Michael Moore, Adbusters magazine
and Naomi Klein’s No Logo, it’s hard to ignore the growing tide of
resistance to our corporatecontrolled world. But do these vocal opponents of the
status quo offer us a real political alternative?
In this lively blend of pop culture, history and philosophical
analysis, Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter argue that this countercultural
opposition to "the system" has not only been unproductive but has
helped to create the very consumer society that radicals oppose. This
thought-provoking book will enrage and entertain today’s countercultural
rebels and their opponents on the political right.
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Author Extras
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Critical Praise for
The Rebel Sell
"[Heath and Potter] are the genuine article: intellectual martyrs fighting the good fight."
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Rex Murphy
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