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postmaterialism (In sociology, post-materialism is the transformation of individual values from materialist, physical, and economic to new individual values of autonomy and self-expression. Post-materialism is a tool in developing an understanding of modern culture. It can be considered in reference of materialism as a value-system relating to the desire for fulfillment of material needs (such as security, sustenance and shelter) and an emphasis on material luxuries in a consumerist society. Rising prosperity is gradually liberating the publics of advanced industrial societies from the stress of basic acquisitive or materialistic needs Alex_Odeychuk) |
