Midlands State University Library

The consumer society : myths and structures /

Baudrillard, Jean.

The consumer society : myths and structures / created by Jean Baudrillard. - Revised edition. - ix, 224 pages : 26 cm - Tcs series . - Tcs series .

Includes index

Introduction to the revised edition / Barry Smart Introduction to the first edition / George Ritzer pt. I. The formal liturgy of the object 1. Profusion 2. The miraculous status of consumption 3. The vicious circle of growth pt. II. The theory of consumption 4. The social logic of consumption 5. Towards a theory of consumption 6. Personalization, or, The smallest marginal difference pt. III. Mass Media, sex and leisure 7. Mass-media culture 8. The finest consumer object : the body 9. The drama of leisure, or, The impossibility of wasting one's time 10. The mystique of solicitude 11. Anomie in the affluent society Conclusion : on contemporary alienation, or, the end of the pact with the devil

This title was one of the first to focus on the processes and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture, and many of Baudrillard's themes, in particular his concepts of simulation and the simulacrum, are featured

9781473982376 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781473982383 (paper back : alk. paper)

2016955372


Consumer behavior
Culture Economic aspects
Society

HB801 BAU