Enchanting a Disenchanted World: Continuity and Change in the Cathedrals of Consumption book by Dr. George Ritzer
Language: English
Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 2009
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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> In fact, it could be argued that both hyperconsumption (and the cathedra of consumption) were important causes of the Great Recession. Because o excessively high levels of consumption of housing, automobiles, and other consumables, people took on unsustainable levels of mortgage, automobile, Note I am not using the term recession here in its technical sense, nor am I arguing that we are not or will not move into a depression as that is defined technically. I like the phrase Great Recession because it indicates that the current economic decline is greater, and of more widespread significance, than other recessions. It is especially consequential for the concerns in this book-consumption and the ser tings in which it occurs. (LL).
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- Title
- Enchanting a Disenchanted World: Continuity and Change in the Cathedrals of Consumption book by Dr. George Ritzer
- Author
- Dr. George Ritzer
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Softcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1412975816
- ISBN 13
- 9781412975810
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Sociology
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.
New and Hallmark Features
- Offers a unique analysis of the world of consumption, especially the settings in which consumption takes place
- Discusses the recent global economic recession throughout
- Offers rich details on consuming in such places as Las Vegas, Disney World, on cruise ships, in Wal-Mart, at McDonald’s, and, new to this edition, on the Web
- Includes a wide range of theoretical perspectives―Marxian, Weberian, critical theory, postmodern theory―as well as a number of concepts such as hyperconsumption, implosion, simulation, and time and space to show students how sociological theory can be applied to everyday phenomena
Intended Audience
Enchanting in a Disenchanted World, Third Edition brings life to a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses, including Introductory Sociology, Social Problems, Sociological Theory, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Culture, and the Sociology of Consumption.
Contributor to the SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award
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About the Author
George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, where he has also been a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and won a Teaching Excellence Award. He was awarded the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award by the American Sociological Association, an honorary doctorate from LaTrobe University in Australia, and the Robin Williams Lectureship from the Eastern Sociological Society. His best-known work, The McDonaldization of Society (8th ed.), has been read by hundreds of thousands of students over two decades and translated into over a dozen languages. Ritzer is also the editor of McDonaldization: The Reader; and author of other works of critical sociology related to the McDonaldization thesis, including Enchanting a Disenchanted World, The Globalization of Nothing, Expressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Society, as well as a series best-selling social theory textbooks and Globalization: A Basic Text. He is the Editor of the Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2 vols.), the Encyclopedia of Sociology (11 vols.; 2nd edition forthcoming), the Encyclopedia of Globalization (5 vols.), and is Founding Editor of the Journal of Consumer Culture. In 2016 he will publish the second edition of Essentials of Sociology with SAGE.
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