Enchanting a Disenchanted World Revolutionizing the Means of Consumption

Name: Enchanting a Disenchanted World Revolutionizing the Means of Consumption
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ISBN: 9780761985112

ISBN-10: 0761985115

ISBN-13: 9780761985112

Edition: 1999

Authors: George Ritzer

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"Seductively readable, Enchanting a Disenchanted World is a discussion stimulator without peer. With its comprehensive bibliography and student-friendly use of Marx, Weber, and postmodern theory, it provokes hypotheses and paper topics left and right. This is a boon for undergraduate sociology and a worthy three-quel to The McDonaldization of Society and Expressing America. It is relevant, fact-filled, and provocative." -- Chris Prendergast, Illinois Wesleyan University In this essential guide to how we now consume, George Ritzer provides original and probing insights into the new forms and settings of consumer culture. Ranging from hyper-real Disney worlds to the local shopping mall,…

Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/25/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.46" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



A Tour of the New Means of Consumption


The Revolution in Consumption and the Larger Society


Social Theory and the New Means of Consumption


Rationalization, Enchantment and Disenchantment


Reenchantment


Creating Spectacle through Extravaganzas and Simulations


Reenchantment


Creating Spectacle through Implosion, Time and Space


Societal Implications and the Future of the New Means of Consumption