Explorations in the Sociology of Consumption : Fast Food, Credit Cards and Casinos
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Book Description
In this book, one of the leading social theorists and cultural commentators of modern times, turns his gaze on consumption. George Ritzer, author of the famous McDonaldization Thesis, demonstrates the irrational consequences of the rational desire to consume and commodify. He examines how McDonaldization might be resisted, and situates the reader in the new cultural spaces that are emerging in society: shopping malls, casino hotels, Disneyfied theme parks and Las Vegas, the new `cathedrals of consumption' as he calls them. The book shows how new processes of consumption relate to globalization theory. In illuminating discussions of the work of Thorstein Veblen and the French situationists, Ritzer unearths the roots of problems of consumption in older sociological traditions. He indicates how transgression is bound up with consumption, through an investigation of the obscene in popular and postmodern culture.
About the Author
George Ritzer is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. He received the 2000 Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award from the American Sociological Association and has chaired its sections on Theoretical Sociology and Organizations and Occupations. Among his most recent books are The McDonaldization of Society, New Century Edition, Enchanting a Disenchanted World , and, with Barry Smart, The Handbook of Social Theory.
Explorations in the Sociology of Consumption : Fast Food, Credit Cards and Casinos,George Ritzer,Sage Publications Ltd,0761971203,Anthropology - Cultural,Consumer Behavior - General,Consumer behavior,Consumption (Economics),Popular Culture - General,Social Science,Social aspects,Sociology,Sociology - General,Social Science / Sociology / General
Explorations in the Sociology of Consumption : Fast Food, Credit Cards and Casinos
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