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For a critique of the political economy of the sign /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007
Corporate Author:	Alexander Street (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	St. Louis, MO. : Telos Press, ©1981.
Series:	Social theory.
Subjects:	Consumption (Economics) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Charles Levin
Sign function and class logic
The ideological genesis of needs
Fetishism and ideology : The semiological reduction
Gesture and signature : The semiurgy of contemporary art
The art auction : Sign exchange and sumptuary value
For a general theory
Beyond use value
Towards a critique of the political economy of the sign
Requiem for the media
Design and environment
Concerning the fulfillment of desire in exchange value.