Explorations in the Sociology of Consumption : Fast Food, Credit Cards and Casinos.
In this book, George Ritzer, demonstrates the irrational consequences of the rational desire to consume and commodify.
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Language: | English |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Imprint: | London : SAGE Publications, 2001. |
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Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Writing to be Read -- Chapter 2 - The Irrationality of Rationality -- Chapter 3 - Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization -- Chapter 4 - The process of McDonaldization is not uniform: Nor are it's settings, consumer or the consumption of its goods and services -- Chapter 5 - Expressing America: A critique of the global credit card society -- Chapter 6 - Enchanting a disenchanted -- Chapter 7 - Ensnared in the e-net: The future belongs to the immaterial means of consumption -- Chapter 8 - Globalization theory: Lessons from the exportation of McDonaldization and the new means of consumption -- Chapter 9 - The new means of consumption and the situationist perspective -- Chapter 10 - Thorstein Veblen in the age of hyperconsumption -- Chapter 11 - Obscene from any angle: Fast food, credit cards, casinos and consumers -- References -- Index. | |
520 | |a In this book, George Ritzer, demonstrates the irrational consequences of the rational desire to consume and commodify. | ||
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