Baudrillard, Jean.

Consumer society : myths and structures / Jean Baudrillard. - Rev. edition. - ix, 224 pages ; 24 cm. - Theory, culture & society series .

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Introduction / George Ritzer --
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pt. I. The formal liturgy of the object --
1. Profusion --
2. The miraculous status of consumption --
3. The vicious circle of growth --
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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 --
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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 --
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Conclusion : on contemporary alienation, or, the end of the pact with the devil

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Consumption (Economics)--Culture--Economic aspects--Consumer behavior


Culture--Anomy--Mass media and culture

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