Part I. The format liturgy of the object : Profusion -- The miraculous status of consumption -- The vicious circle of growth -- Part II. The theory of consumption : The social logic of consumption -- Towards a theory of consumption -- Personalization or the smallest marginal difference -- Part III. Mass media, sex and leisure : Mass-media culture -- The finest consumer object: the body -- The drama of leisure or the impossibility of wasting one's time -- The mystique of solicitude -- Anomie in the affluent society -- Conclusion: On contemporary alienation or the end of the pact with the devil

1. Consumption (Economics)
2. Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects
3. Consumer behavior
4. Culture -- Economic aspects