Baudrillard
A Critical Reader
Published on 12. September 1994
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-55786-465-9 (ISBN)
Description
Replacing the most persistent modern orthodoxies with his own novel formulations and arguments, Baudrillard's writings have generated enormous controversy, forcing readers to decide if his thought is a progression beyond or regression behind established positions. This critical reader aims to provide a balanced assessment of Baudrillard's contributions to contemporary thought. The contributors explore Baudrillard's positions in terms of specific topics, fields and debates - from his early work on the "system of objects" to his most recent metaphysical speculations on the fatality of the subject. This text should be of interest to all students of contemporary cultural theory.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
701 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55786-465-9 (9781557864659)
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Content
Introduction - Baudrillard in the fin-de-millennium, Douglas Kellner; the system of objects and the commodification of everyday life - the early Baudrillard, Mark Gottdiener; the commodification of reality and the reality of commodification - Baudrillard, Debord and postmodern theory, Steven Best; technology and culture in Habermas and Baudrillard, Mark Poster; Baudrillard, marketing, and tele-communication, Kim Sawchuck; fashion and the signification of social order, Efrat Tseelon; fatal forms - toward a (neo)formal sociological theory of media culture, Jonathan S. Epstein and Margarete J. Epstein; symbolic exchange in hyperreality, Deborah Cook; capitalism and the code - a critique of Baudrillard's third order simulacrum, Sara Schoonmaker; simulation - the highest stage of capitalism?, James Der Derian; aesthetic production and cultural politics - Baudrillard and contemporary art, Timothy W. Luke; Baudrillard, modernism and postmodernism, Nicholas Zurbrugg; Baudrillard's feminist provocations, A. Keith Goshorn; the drama of theory - vengeful objects and wily props, Gary Genosko; Baudrillard, time and the end, William Bogard; a bibliography of the works of Jean Baudrillard.