{"product_id":"jean-baudrillard-selected-writings-hardback-9780745624518","title":"Jean Baudrillard; Selected Writings (Hardback) 9780745624518","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJean Baudrillard\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelected Writings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Poster (Edited by), M Poster (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745624518, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 May 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.9 cm, 0.562 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Jean Baudrillard continues to be an illuminating thinker as we move into the new high-tech millennium that he has anticipated in his writings of the past decades. Mark Poster's collection contains key texts from the entire trajectory of Baudrillard's work. Featuring new translations and concluding with a recent interview, \u003ci\u003eSelected Writings\u003c\/i\u003e provides access to one of the most important writers of our time.'\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJean Baudrillard, alternately provocative and astonishing, is one of the leading theorists of media and culture. Regarded by many as the chief prophet of postmodernism, his writings raise important issues about the changing nature of social and political life in our contemporary, media-saturated age.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book makes his most important writings available in a single volume. It includes selections from the entire range of his work, from his early writings on consumer culture and the political economy of the sign to his more recent work on desire, simulation and the 'hyperreal'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This new edition includes five new extracts from Baudrillard's writings in the 1990s, including his writings on the Gulf War, on the internet and his autobiographical reflections. It also includes an updated introduction by Mark Poster which provides an extremely lucid overview of Baudrillard's work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jean Baudrillard: Selected Writings\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent introduction to the thought of one of the most important and influential thinkers of our day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eNotes on the Translation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Mark Poster.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The System of Objects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Consumer Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Mirror of Production.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Symbolic Exchange and Death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. On Seduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Simulacra and Simulations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Fatal Strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Masses: The Implosion of the Social in the Media.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Cool Memories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Gulf War Did Not Take Place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Illusion of the End.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Perfect Crime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Paroxysm: Interviews with Philippe Petit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406563012888,"sku":"9780745624518","price":46.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745624518.jpg?v=1784140121","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/jean-baudrillard-selected-writings-hardback-9780745624518","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}