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
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