Baudrillard The Consumer Society

Myths and Structures
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-1-4462-2335-2
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 53, 224 Seiten, EPUB

Reihe: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society

"The young Baudrillard at his best. a sociological study of the society of consumption of the finest order, this text continues to shed light on the subject and object of consumption, around which contemporary societies are organized."
- Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles

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 makes a vital contribution to current debates on consumption.

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 subjects in contemporary culture long before others.

This English translation begins with an introductory essay by George Ritzer.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baudrillard, Jean

Inhaltsverzeichnis

THE FORMAL LITURGY OF THE OBJECTPreface - George RitzerThe Miraculous Status of ConsumptionThe Vicious Circle of GrowthTHE THEORY OF CONSUMPTIONThe Social Logic of ConsumptionTowards a Theory of ConsumptionPersonalization or the Smallest Marginal Difference (SMD)MASS MEDIA, SEX AND LEISUREMass-Media CultureThe Finest Consumer Object The BodyThe Drama of Leisure or the Impossibility of Wasting One's TimeThe Mystique of SolicitudeAnomie in the Affluent SocietyCONCLUSIONOn Contemporary Alienation or the End of the Pact with the Devil