Enchanting a disenchanted world
Subtitle: continuity and change in the cathedrals of consumption
By: George Ritzer
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781412975810
Description: "Enchanting a Disenchanted World, Third Edition examines Disney, malls, cruise lines, Las Vegas, the world wide web, Planet Hollywood, credit cards, and all the other ways we now consume. Thoroughly updated to reflect the recent economic recession and the impact of the internet, bestselling author George Ritzer continues to explore this book's central thesis: that our society has undergone fundamental change because of the way and the level at which we consume." "This Third Edition demonstrates how we have created new "cathedrals" of consumption (places that enchant us so as to entice us to stay longer and consume more) while continuing to take capitalism to a new level. These places of consumption, whether in our homes, the mall, or cyberspace, are in a constant state of "enchanting the disenchanted," luring us through new spectacles because their rational qualities are both necessary and deadening at the same time."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A tour of the new means of consumption; title: The revolution in consumption and the larger society; title: Social theory and the new means of consumption; title: Rationalization, enchantment, and disenchantment; title: Reenchantment : creating spectacle through implosion, time, and space; title: Landscapes of consumption; title: The cathedrals (and landscapes) of consumption : continuity and change.