The consumer society : myths and structures / Jean Baudrillard.

By:

Baudrillard, Jean

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Tcs seriesPublisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Ltd., 2016Edition: Rev. edition.ISBN:

9781473982376 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781473982383 (paper back : alk. paper)

Contents:

Part I: The Formal Liturgy of the Object — Chapter 1: Profusion — Chapter 2: The Miraculous Status of Consumption — Chapter 3: The Vicious Circle of Growth — Part II: The Theory of Consumption — Chapter 4: The Social Logic of Consumption — Chapter 5: Towards a Theory of Consumption — Chapter 6: Personalization or the Smallest Marginal Difference — Part III: Mass Media, Sex and Leisure — Chapter 7: Mass-Media Culture — Chapter 8: The Finest Consumer Object: The Body — Chapter 9: The Drama of Leisure or the Impossibility of Wasting One’s Time — Chapter 10: The Mystique of Solicitude — Chapter 11: Anomie in the Affluent Society — Conclusion: On Contemporary Alienation or the End of the Pact with the Devil.

Summary: 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 a new introductory essay.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	TBS Barcelona	HB801 BEI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		B02516
Book	TBS Barcelona	HB801 BEI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		B02517

Part I: The Formal Liturgy of the Object —
Chapter 1: Profusion —
Chapter 2: The Miraculous Status of Consumption —
Chapter 3: The Vicious Circle of Growth —
Part II: The Theory of Consumption —
Chapter 4: The Social Logic of Consumption —
Chapter 5: Towards a Theory of Consumption —
Chapter 6: Personalization or the Smallest Marginal Difference —
Part III: Mass Media, Sex and Leisure —
Chapter 7: Mass-Media Culture —
Chapter 8: The Finest Consumer Object: The Body —
Chapter 9: The Drama of Leisure or the Impossibility of Wasting One’s Time —
Chapter 10: The Mystique of Solicitude —
Chapter 11: Anomie in the Affluent Society —
Conclusion: On Contemporary Alienation or the End of the Pact with the Devil.

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 a new introductory essay.