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English
Verso
03 December 2010
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 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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Imprint:   Verso
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   2nd
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 5mm
Weight:   131g
ISBN:   9781844676767
ISBN 10:   1844676765
Series:   Radical Thinkers Set 05
Pages:   92
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Passwords

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


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