254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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Baudrillard is widely recognised as a powerful new force in cultural and social criticism, and is often referred to as the ‘High Priest of Postmodernism’. This study presents a detached assessment of his social thought and his reputation, challenging the way his work has been received in postmodernism and proposing a new reading of his contribution to social theory. Using many sources currently... Read more
1. Introduction: Reading Baudrillard 2. Essential Background and Context 3. Baudrillard, Postmodernism, Marxism and Feminism 4. Baudrillard’s Attempt to Develop Marxism 5. A Change of Position 6. Baudrillard: Theoretical Critic 7. Cultural Implosion 8. The Object’s Seduction 9. Fatal Objects 10. America, the Desert and the Fourth World 11. The Double Spiral
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Mike Gane
