必要とされる依存：消費と贅沢への依存と原因・メカニズム・脱却の道 The Needed Addiction : Addiction to Consumption and Luxury: Causes, Mechanisms, and Ways Out

著者名：Hoffmann, Oliver

Springer（2026/05/27発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9783662731338
• eISBN：9783662731345

Description

Hardly any addictive behavior is growing as rapidly in modern Western society as consumer addiction.

No surprise—because it is economically intended, even required. And that is exactly what makes it so dangerous. The consequences of consumer addiction (and its variation, luxury addiction) can be devastating—both economically and socially.

This book examines consumer addiction from both an economic and psychological perspective. It highlights causes, symptoms, and individual risk factors. Building on this, it develops detailed characteristics to promote personal solutions and strong consumer competence. The latter is essential for living healthily and freely within a consumerist societal system.

Dependence on consumption is embedded in the economic system—yet the personal consequences are for us to determine. This is a book about a hidden but omnipresent problem: consumer addiction is the “necessary addiction.”

Target Groups

• Psychologists, therapists, and coaches
• Sociologists, economists, cultural scientists, and marketing professionals
• Individuals with excessive buying behavior or dependencies on status symbols, as well as their relatives

Table of Contents

Introduction: Oniomania – a collective phenomenon of the postmodern era.- Compulsive buying and luxury addiction: conceptual classification and approaches.- Causes and symptoms in individuals and society.- Individual risk factors of compulsive buying.- Motives and characteristics – recognizing and understanding compulsive buying and luxury addiction.- Solution and treatment approaches: developing comprehensive consumer competence.- Aftereffects: The intended addiction – dealing with consumption in a consumer society.- Appendix.