Books like The McDonaldization of Society

The McDonaldization of Society by George Ritzer reads as critical, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Mythologies

Roland Barthes · 1953

Both explore consumerism

69% genome match

The Utopia of Rules

David Graeber · 2015

Both explore bureaucracy

69% genome match

Masters of sociological thought

Lewis A. Coser · 1971

Both explore sociology

67% genome match

Modernity and the Holocaust

Zygmunt Bauman · 1989

Both explore bureaucracy

69% genome match

Sociological theory

George Ritzer · 1983

Both explore sociology

67% genome match

Violence, prejudice and sexuality

Stephen Tomsen · 2009

Both explore sociology

72% genome match

Sociological insight

Randall Collins · 1982

Both explore sociology

67% genome match

Moral mazes

Robert Jackall · 1988

Both explore bureaucracy

65% genome match

Etapes de la pensée sociologique

Raymond Aron · 1965

Both explore sociology

68% genome match

Georg Simmel

Georg Simmel · 1976

Both explore sociology

70% genome match

L'imagination sociologique

C. Wright Mills · 1959

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

Power and ideology in education

Jerome Karabel · 1977

Both explore sociology

69% genome match