The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures by Jean Baudrillard, ISBN-13: 978-0761956921

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The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures by Jean Baudrillard, ISBN-13: 978-0761956921

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• Publisher: ‎ SAGE Publications Ltd; First edition (April 14, 1998)
• Language: ‎ English
• 224 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0761956921
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0761956921

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 subjects in contemporary culture long before others.

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 Simulacra and Simulation, 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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