Symbolic exchange and death / Jean Baudrillard ; translated by Iain Hamilton Grant.
| Author/creator | Baudrillard, Jean author. |
| Other author | Grant, Iain Hamilton, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Revised edition. |
| Publication | London ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017. |
| Description | vii, 267 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Échange symbolique et la mort. English |
| Series | Theory, culture & society Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered) ^A282209 |
| Contents | The End of Production -- The Order of Simulacra -- Fashion, or The Enchanting Spectacle of the Code -- The Body, or The Mass Grave of Signs -- Political Economy and Death -- The Extermination of the Name of God. |
| Abstract | Jean Baudrillard is one of the most celebrated and most controversial of contemporary social theorists. This major work occupies a central place in the rethinking of the humanities and social sciences around the idea of postmodernism. It leads the reader on an exhilarating tour encompassing the end of Marxism, the enchantment of fashion, symbolism about sex and the body, and the relations between economic exchange and death. Most significantly, the book represents Baudrillard's fullest elaboration of the concept of the three orders of the simulacra, defining the historical passage from production to reproduction to simulation. A classic in its field, Symbolic Exchange and Death is a key source for the redefinition of contemporary social thought. Baudrillard's critical gaze appraises social theories as diverse as cybernetics, ethnography, psychoanalysis, feminism, Marxism, communications theory and semiotics. This English translation begins with two introductory essays. -- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Translation of : L'échange symbolique et la mort. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | Translated from the French. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007. ?Echange symbolique et la mort. English. Symbolic exchange and death. Revised edition. London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017 9781473998407 9781473998414 |
| LCCN | 2016955370 |
| ISBN | 9781473907591 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1473907594 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781473907584 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1473907586 (paperback) |
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| ISBN | (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (electronic bk.) |
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Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HM291 .B3413 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |