Is it materialistic to love things?

  • 13 years ago
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What does it mean to possess, or indeed to be possessed?

Drawing on conservations with figures as varied as Paddy Ashdown and Eartha Kitt, Anita Sethi dissects the profound entanglement between us and our 'things' with anthropologist Danny Miller.

Watch the rest of this talk and more at: http://iai.tv/video/the-love-of-things

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