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Ritzer, George. Explorations in the Sociology of Consumption: Fast Food, Credit Cards and Casinos. London;
Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2001.
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Table of contents
Abstract
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| Preface | ix |
| Acknowledgements | xi |
| Introduction | 1 |
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| 1. Writing to Be Read | 11 |
| 2. The Irrationality of Rationality | 23 |
| 3. Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization | 46 |
| 4. The Process of McDonaldization Is Not Uniform: Nor Are Its Settings, Consumers
or the Consumption of Its Goods and Services | 58 |
| 5. Expressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Society |
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| 6. Enchanting a Disenchanted World: Revolutionizing the Means of Consumption
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| 7. Ensnared in the E-Net: The Future Belongs to the Immaterial Means of Consumption |
145 |
| 8. Globalization Theory: Lessons from the Exportation pf McDonaldization
and the New Means of Consumption | 160 |
| 9. The New Means of Consumption and the Situationist Perspective | 181 |
| 10. Thorstein Veblen in the Age of Hyperconsumerism | 203 |
| 11. Obscene from Any Angle: Fast Food, Credit Cards, Casinos and Consumers |
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| References | 236 |
| Index | 248 |
