The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures
by Jean Baudrillard
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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 show more long before others. This English translation begins with a new introductory essay. show lessTags
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Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur.
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- Canonical title
- The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures
- Original title
- La Société de consommation
- Original publication date
- 1970; 1974, Español
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- Genres
- Sociology, Nonfiction, Philosophy, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 306.3 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Economic institutions
- LCC
- HB801 — Social sciences Economic theory. Demography Economic theory. Demography Consumption. Demand
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- 10 — English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 28
- ASINs
- 5
