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The consumer society : myths and structures / Jean Baudrillard ; translated by Chris Turner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Theory, culture & society | Theory, culture & societyPublication details: London : SAGE, 2004.Description: x, 208 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780761956921 (pbk.) :
  • 9780761956914 (hbk.) :
  • 9780761956921
Uniform titles:
  • Soci�et�e de consummation. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.3 BAU
Contents:
Part I.The formal liturgy of the object -- 1.Profusion -- 2.The miraculous status of consumption -- 3.The vicious circle of growth -- Part II.The theory of consumptioin -- 4.The social logic of consumption -- 5.Towards a theory of consumption -- 6.Personalization or the smallest marginal difference -- Part III.Mass media, sex and leisure -- 7.Mass-media culture -- 8.The finest consumer object: the body -- 9.The drama of leisure or the impossibility of wasting one\'s time -- 10.The mystique of solicitude -- 11.Anomie in the affluent society -- Conclusion: On contemporary alieanation or the end of the pact with the Devil.
Summary: This book was one of the first to focus on the processes and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture, and many of Baudrillard's themes, in particular his concepts of simulation and the simulacrum, are featured.
Holdings
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 306.3 BAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 217177

This translation originally published: 1998.

Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society, Nottingham Trent University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I.The formal liturgy of the object -- 1.Profusion -- 2.The miraculous status of consumption -- 3.The vicious circle of growth -- Part II.The theory of consumptioin -- 4.The social logic of consumption -- 5.Towards a theory of consumption -- 6.Personalization or the smallest marginal difference -- Part III.Mass media, sex and leisure -- 7.Mass-media culture -- 8.The finest consumer object: the body -- 9.The drama of leisure or the impossibility of wasting one\'s time -- 10.The mystique of solicitude -- 11.Anomie in the affluent society -- Conclusion: On contemporary alieanation or the end of the pact with the Devil.

This book was one of the first to focus on the processes and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture, and many of Baudrillard's themes, in particular his concepts of simulation and the simulacrum, are featured.

Translated from the French.

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