Category Archives: Etzioni

Amitai Etzioni: “We Are What We Celebrate”

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Amitai Etzioni talks about family and holiday celebration. I find it interesting to view celebrating Christmas from Etzioni’s (communitarian) perspective.
(Source: http://ww3.tvo.org/video/186443/amitai-etzioni-we-are-what-we-celebrate)

“You Don’t Need to Buy This”

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“It is not for you, but for anyone, maybe more than one, you know who is still hooked on consumerism—children, friends, and others.” (Source: Email from The Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies (www.icps.gwu.edu).

Amitai Etzioni speaks on consumerism and what makes you really happy:

 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FN3z8gtDUFE]