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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 society. Baudrillard classifies the everyday objects of the 'new technical order' as functional, nonfunctional and...

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Main Author: Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007
Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London ; New York : Verso, ©1996.
Series:Social theory.
Subjects:
Values > Psychological aspects.
Object (Philosophy)
Technology and civilization.
Consumption (Economics)
Objet (Philosophie)
Technologie et civilisation.
Technology and civilization
Values > Psychological aspects
Social Sciences.
Psychology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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 society. Baudrillard classifies the everyday objects of the 'new technical order' as functional, nonfunctional and metafunctional. He contrasts 'modern' and 'traditional' functional objects, subjecting home furnishing and interior design to a celebrated semiological analysis. His treatment of nonfunctional or 'marginal' objects focuses on antiques and the psychology of collecting, while the metafunctional category extends to the useless, the aberrant and even the 'schizofunctional'. Finally, Baudrillard deals at length with the implications of credit and advertising for the commodification of everyday life.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 205 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1859849431
9781859849439