The consumer society : myths and structures /
Jean Baudrillard's classic text was one of the first to focus on the process and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture. Originally published in 1970, the book makes a vital contribution to current debates on consumption. The book includes Baudrillard's most organized discussion of mass medi...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, CA :
Sage Ltd.,
2016.
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| Edición: | Rev. edition. |
| Colección: | Tcs series
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Legal Page
- Contents
- Foreword by J.P. Mayer
- Translators Acknowledgements
- About the Authors of the Introductions
- Introduction to the Revised Edition by Barry Smart
- Introduction to the First Edition by George Ritzer
- Part I - The Formal Liturgy of the Object
- 1. Profusion
- 2. The Miraculous Status of Consumption
- 3. The Vicious Circle of Growth
- Part II - The Theory of Consumption
- 4. The Social Logic of Consumption
- 5. Towards a Theory of Consumption
- 6. Personalization or the Smallest Marginal Difference
- Part 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
- Notes
- Index