Explorations in the sociology of consumption : fast food, credit cards and casinos /
Contains the author's latest reflections on the uses and misuses of metatheory. According to Ritzer, sociology is a multi paradigm science. This book seeks to find a way out of the confusion by sketching out the lineaments of a new integrated sociological paradigm.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
SAGE,
2001.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1
- Writing to be Read; Chapter 2
- The Irrationality of Rationality; Chapter 3
- Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization; Chapter 4
- The process of McDonaldization is not uniform: Nor are it's settings, consumer or the consumption of its goods and services; Chapter 5
- Expressing America: A critique of the global credit card society; Chapter 6
- Enchanting a disenchanted; Chapter 7
- Ensnared in the e-net: The future belongs to the immaterial means of consumption.