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The Consumer Society

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

The Consumer Society

By Jean Baudrillard

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About the book

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 makes a vital contribution to current debates on consumption. 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 be...Show more

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9781473982383

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Published year

2016

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1

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The Consumer Society

Format

Paperback

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