Baudrillard
Critical and Fatal Theory
Published on 1. August 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-0-415-03775-4 (ISBN)
Description
Baudrillard has become widely identified as a powerful and enigmatic new force in cultural and social criticism. This book aims to articulate a detached assessment of his thought and reputation. This book should be of interest to students of social theory, philosophy, cultural studies, and postmodernism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-03775-4 (9780415037754)
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Content
Acknowledgements: Part 1, 1. Introduction, 2. Essential Background and Context, 3. Baudrillard, Postmodernism, Marxism and Feminism, Part 2, 4. Baudrillard's attempt to develop Marxism, 5. A Change of Position, 6. Baudrillard: Theoretical Critique, Part 3, 7. Cultural Implosion: the Social, the Mass, the Media, 8. The Object's Seduction 9. Fatal Objects 10. America, the Desert and the Fourth World, Part 4, 11. The Double Spiral, Notes, Biblio, Index.