http://www.rabe.org/what-is-religion/ Sharing ideas and provocations on living single while happy. Reflecting on the social psychology of stereotypes and other cultural phenomena. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.rabe.org/what-is-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Rachel’s Musings » Consumerism as an Addiction Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:06:26 +0000 http://www.rabe.org/2008/01/23/philosophy/what-is-religion-what-is-spirituality-what-is-philosophy-and-why-do-we-care/#comment-361 [...] out that consumerism is a misdirected way of meeting our fundamental needs, in particular the needs for meaning and purpose. It is not quite clear to me how this shift occurred, what the psychological underpinnings are. [...] [...] out that consumerism is a misdirected way of meeting our fundamental needs, in particular the needs for meaning and purpose. It is not quite clear to me how this shift occurred, what the psychological underpinnings are. [...]

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