The system of objects / Jean Baudrillard ; translated by James Benedict.

Main entry:

Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007.

Title & Author:

The system of objects / Jean Baudrillard ; translated by James Benedict.

Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2005.

Description:

224 pages ; 20 cm

Series:

Radical thinkers ; 3

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The functional system, or objective discourse -- The non-functional system, or subjective discourse -- The metafunctional and dysfunctional system : gadgets and robots -- The socio-ideological system of objects and their consumption -- Conclusion : towards a definition of "consumption."

Summary:

Pressing Freudian and Saussurean categories into the service of a basically Marxist perspective, 'The System of Objects' offers a cultural critique of the commodity in consumer socity.

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ISBN:

1844670538 (paperback)
9781844670536 (paperback)

Subject:

Values Psychological aspects.
Object (Philosophy)
Technology and civilization.
Consumption (Economics)
Objet (Philosophie)
Technologie et civilisation.
08.32 epistemology.
Object (philosophy)
Objet (philosophie).
Consommation.
Technique et civilisation.
basisproducten
commodities
interieurarchitectuur
interior design
consumentengedrag
consumer behaviour
cultuursociologie
cultural sociology
binnenhuisarchitectuur
interior decoration
voorwerpen
objects
gebruiksgoederen
consumer goods
economische psychologie
economic psychology
Sociology (General)
Sociologie (algemeen)

Added entries:

Radical thinkers ; 3.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285138
Call No.: BIB 224482
Status: Available

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