The Consumer Society - Couverture souple

Baudrillard, Jean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0761956921 ISBN 13 : 9780761956921

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 1998

Synopsis

"The young Baudrillard at his best... a sociological study of the society of consumption of the finest order, this text continues to shed light on the subject and object of consumption, around which contemporary societies are organized."
- Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles

Jean Baudrillard′s classic text was one of the first to focus on the process and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture. Originally published in 1970, the book makes a vital contribution to current debates on consumption.

The book includes Baudrillard′s most organized discussion of mass media culture, the meaning of leisure, and anomie in affluent society. A chapter on the body demonstrates Baudrillard′s extraordinary prescience for flagging vital subjects in contemporary culture long before others.

This English translation begins with an introductory essay by George Ritzer.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jean Baudrillard is the author of Symbolic Exchange and Death (1993), and most recently, The Perfect Crime (1997)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761956921
• ISBN 13: 9780761956921
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible