Political Context for Marketing

The Century of the Self

The following text is taken from the incredible site TopDocumentaryFilms where you can find many excellent documentaries you may have missed. I encourage your perusal of this site. * This series is about how those in power have used Freud’s theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy. Sigmund

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Guest Post: Philanthropic Entrepreneurs: A Natural Evolution of Possibilities

by Jo Ann Hammond-Meiers, PhD, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Historically philanthropy has been defined as “the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed esp. by the generous donation of money to good causes”. Synonyms: benevolence, generosity, humanitarianism, public-spiritedness, altruism, social conscience, charity, charitableness, brotherly love, fellow feeling, magnanimity, bountifulness, beneficence, kindness, compassion, and other words.

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a blog post in which I discuss why the whole economy is toxic, destructive and suicidal and yet… marketing is needed to fix things?

This is a different sort of blog than I usually write  because it’s not just about marketing. It’s about the context that marketing happens inside of. Namely, the economy. Of course, most of us have some very justifiable issues with marketing. Some of us wonder if even the whole ‘conscious marketing’ thing is bullshit. But those issues

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The Banksy Manifesto

Banksy is a world famous grafitti artist who has this to say about advertising . . .   A letter from Banksy. People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you

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