George Ritzer is an American sociologist best known for The McDonaldization of Society (1993), which extended Max Weber's theory of rationalization to argue that the organizational principles behind the fast-food restaurant, efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control through non-human technology, had become the dominant model reshaping an increasing number of sectors of American and global society, from education and health care to travel and religion. Ritzer argued that this process carries irrationalities of its own, including dehumanization and the loss of the diversity and human contact that many of these institutions originally offered, even as it delivers greater speed and uniformity. His concept of McDonaldization became one of the most widely recognized applications of classical sociological theory to contemporary consumer society, extending Weber's iron cage thesis into the late twentieth century.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountupper Manhattan, New York City 1 Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountCoined the concept of McDonaldization, extending Max Weber's theory of rationalization to the fast food industry to describe how efficiency, calculability, predictability and control have come to dominate broad sectors of modern society. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountThe McDonaldization of Society 1 SubfieldSourced to the subject's own account SubfieldSourced to the subject's own accountGlobalization and Development 1 Connections
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George Ritzer (born October 14, 1940) is an American sociologist, professor, and author who has mainly studied globalization, metatheory, patterns of consumption, and modern/postmodern social theory.
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George Ritzer (born October 14, 1940) is an American sociologist, professor, and author who has mainly studied globalization, metatheory, patterns of consumption, and modern/postmodern social theory.
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George Ritzer (born October 14, 1940) is an American sociologist, professor, and author who has mainly studied globalization, metatheory, patterns of consumption, and modern/postmodern social theory.
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George Ritzer (born October 14, 1940) is an American sociologist, professor, and author who has mainly studied globalization, metatheory, patterns of consumption, and modern/postmodern social theory.
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Ritzer was born in 1940 to a Jewish family in upper Manhattan, New York City.
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His concept of McDonaldization draws upon Max Weber's idea of rationalization through the lens of the fast food industry. He coined the term in a 1983 article for The Journal of American Culture, developing the concept in The McDonaldization of Society (1993), which is among the best selling monographs in the history of American sociology.
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His concept of McDonaldization draws upon Max Weber's idea of rationalization through the lens of the fast food industry. He coined the term in a 1983 article for The Journal of American Culture, developing the concept in The McDonaldization of Society (1993), which is among the best selling monographs in the history of American sociology.
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George Ritzer (born October 14, 1940) is an American sociologist, professor, and author who has mainly studied globalization, metatheory, patterns of consumption, and modern/postmodern social theory.
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George Ritzer (born October 14, 1940) is an American sociologist, professor, and author who has mainly studied globalization, metatheory, patterns of consumption, and modern/postmodern social theory.
Practices Studied: Capitalism, Article text
Today, "Capitalism needs us to keep on spending at ever-increasing levels to be and remain capitalism." As with several of Ritzer's other principal works, many are translated into languages as diverse as Chinese, Russian, Persian, Hebrew and Portuguese.
Associated With: University of Michigan, Article body
After graduating from The University of Michigan in 1964, Ritzer began working in personnel management for the Ford Motor Company, however, this proved to be a negative experience for him.
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