Passwords - Brossura

Baudrillard, Jean

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1859844634 ISBN 13: 9781859844632

Casa editrice: Verso Books, 2003

Riassunto

In his analysis of the deep social trends rooted in production, consumption, and the symbolic, Jean Baudrillard touches the very heart of the concerns of the generation currently rebelling against the framework of the consumer society. With the ever-greater mediatization of society, Baudrillard argues that we are witnessing the virtualization of our world, a disappearance of reality itself, and perhaps the impossibility of any exchange at all. This disenchanted perspective has become the rallying point for all those who reject the traditional sociological and philosophical paradigms of our age.

Passwords, in the spirit of Gilles Deleuze's Abecedaire, offers us twelve accessible and enjoyable entry points into Baudrillard's thought by way of the concepts he uses throughout his work: the object, seduction, value, impossible exchange, the obscene, the virtual, symbolic exchange, the transparency of evil, the perfect crime, destiny, duality, and thought.

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Recensione:

“First prize for cerebral cold-bloodedness goes to French philosopher Jean Baudrillard.”—The New York Times

“Provocative ... he brings a reading of signs and symbols most will find interesting.”—Toronto Globe and Mail

L'autore:

Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) began teaching sociology at the Université de Paris-X in 1966. He retired from academia in 1987 to write books and travel until his death in 2007. His many works include Simulations and Simulacra, America, The Perfect Crime, The System of Objects, Passwords, The Transparency of Evil, The Spirit of Terrorism, and Fragments, among others.

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• Editore: Verso Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1859844634
• ISBN 13: 9781859844632
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 120