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Dazzling malls, casinos, cruise ships, theme restaurants, and theme parks are among the innovations in the places people consume goods and services that have appeared during the past half century, says Ritzer (sociology, U. of Maryland). Cathedrals of consumption, he calls them, to highlight their quasi-religious, enchanted nature. He examines how they have changed not only the nature of consumption, but of society at large. No date is noted for the first edition; material has been added and revised for the second. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The Second Edition of Enchanting a Disenchanted World: Revolutionizing the Means of Consumption is a unique analysis of the world of consumption, examining how we are different consumers now than we were in the past, both in the U.S. and around the world. In the process of understanding this social development, a wide range of theoretical perspectives including Marxian, Weberian, critical theory, and postmodern theory are applied. The book also looks at concepts such as hyperconsumption, implosion, time and space, and simulation .Enchanting a Disenchanted World connects the everyday world in a sociological and theoretical way, making it an ideal text for a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses including introductory sociology, sociology of consumption , social change, popular culture, sociology of leisure, social theory, and economic sociology. The book will also be of value to anyone interested in exploring a sociological analysis of the world's changing and expanding patterns and places of consumption.
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