The System of Objects
Published on 21. October 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-84467-053-6 (ISBN)
Description
A cultural critique of the commodity in consumer society, The System of Objects is a tour de force - a theoretical letter-in-a-bottle tossed into the ocean in 1968, which brilliantly communicates to us all the live ideas of the day.
Reviews / Votes
"A sharp-shooting Lone Ranger of the post-Marxist left." - New York Times "The most notorious intellectual celebrity to emerge from Paris since Roland Barthes and the most influential prophet of the media since Marshall McLuhan." - i-D magazineMore details
Language
French
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 127 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84467-053-6 (9781844670536)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Jean Baudrillard
The System of Objects
Book
08/1996
Verso Books
€69.52
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Person
Jean Baudrillard was born in Reims in 1929 and now lives in Paris. He is the author of, among other works, America; Cool Memories; The Transparency of Evil; The Perfect Crime; Impossible Exchange; Fragments: Cool Memories III; and The Spirit of Terrorism, all from Verso