Year: 2005
Author: George Ritzer
Genre: Sociology
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
ISBN: 0-7619-8819-X
English language
Format: DjVu
Number of Pages: 220

The work of the famous (in the first place - thanks to his theory of rationalization and "makdonaldizatsii") sociologist, Professor of the University of Maryland (USA) George Rittzer. It is devoted to the importance of consumption in modern society, the role of performance and simulation in it.

Preface ix
1. A Tour of the New Means of Consumption 1
2. The Revolution in Consumption and the Larger Society 25
3. Social Theory and the New Means of Consumption 47
4. Rationalization, Enchantment, and Disenchantment 71
5. Reenchantment: Creating Spectacle through Extravaganzas and Simulations 93
6 Reenchantment: Creating Spectacle through Implosion, Time, and Space 115
7. Landscapes of Consumption 149
8. Societal Implications and the
Future of the New Means of Consumption 173
Notes 211
Index 245
About the Author 263

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