ISBN:
0761956913
,
0761956921
,
9780761956914
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (p)
,
cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Alexandria, VA Alexander Street Press 2006 Social Theory Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Theory, culture & society
Parallel Title:
Print version The Consumer Society
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Culture Economic aspects
;
Consumption (Economics) Social aspects
;
Consumer behavior
Abstract:
Now available in English for the first time, Jean Baudrillard's classic text was one of the first to focus on the process and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture. Originally published in 1970, the book still makes a vital contribution to current debates on consumption. Many of the themes which would make Baudrillard famous appear here for the first time. The book includes Baudrillard's most organized discussion of mass media culture, the meaning of leisure and anomie in affluent society. A chapter on the body demonstrates Baudrillard's extraordinary prescience for flagging vital sub
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 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 Consumption; 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
Description / Table of Contents:
ConclusionNotes; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Includes introduction by George Ritzer
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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