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Is enough ever sufficient?
2 October 2018
Sam Randalls co-edits new book on history of consumption
Just Enough: The history, culture and politics of sufficiency聽(Palgrave Macmillan), is a new book, co-edited by Dr Sam Randalls, 果冻影院 Geography and Dr Mat Ingleby (QMUL School of English and Drama)
It presents a wide-ranging discussion of the different historical and social contexts in which the idea of 鈥榚nough鈥� has been expressed聽and its implications for modern debates about sustainability.
Chapters focus on the sufficiency of food, drink and clothing, and how it was interpreted in the later Middle Ages, in聽Early Modern England and the 19th century, with a concluding section reflecting on modern attitudes towards sufficiency.
Two chapters have particular 果冻影院 Geography connections:
- Dr James Kneale聽examines debates, still with contemporary relevance, about the definition and measurement of moderate drinking in Britain between 1800 and 1939.
- Dr Rebecca Collins聽(果冻影院 PhD, now at Chester) explores how young people today make sense of the apparent contradiction between their potential role as environmental change agents and their continuing interests in the latest fashions and trends.