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The Uncollected Baudrillard

Autor Gary Genosko
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 mar 2001
Jean Baudrillard is generally recognized as one of the most important and provocative contemporary social theorists. But in the English speaking world, his reputation is largely based on books published after the 1960s, as he moved towards becoming the premier commentator on postmodernism. This wide ranging and expertly edited book examines the work of the young Baudrillard, it deepens our understanding of his seminal work on consumer culture by presenting his early essays on McLuhan, Lefebvre and Marcuse. The influence of German traditions of thought are clearly revealed, and Baudrillard's neglected and out of print writing on aesthetics is rediscovered and reprinted. Extracts from his political diaries and commentaries on European terrorism and the rise of the new Right, provide crucial insights into his later claims regarding the implosion of the masses and the rise of gesturial politics.
Baudrillard emerges as a more nuanced and penetrating figure. His aesthetic and political interests are shown to be more deep-rooted and reflexive. In general, the book supplies the missing link for English speaking readers interested in understanding this prismatic and essential thinker.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780761965312
ISBN-10: 0761965319
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction
PART ONE: YOUNG BAUDRILLARD
The Novels of Italo Calvino
Review of William Styron, <i>Set This House on Fire
Germany
Is It a New World?
Review of Uwe Johnson, The Border
PART TWO: CRITIQUE OF MASS-MEDIATED LIFE
Review of Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media
Technique as Social Practice
Review of Henri Lefebvre, Taking a Position: Against the Technocrats</i>
Ephemeral and Durable
Dialectical Utopia
Utopia
The Smile of the Cheshire Cat
Police and Play
Mass (Sociology of)
PART THREE: THE POETRY OF THEORY
Stucco Angel
PART FOUR: POLITICAL BANKRUPTCY ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT
The Divine Left
Dropping Out of History
Our Theatre of Cruelty
PART FIVE: IRONIC AESTHETIC DISORDERS
Barbara Kruger
Olivier Mosset
The Object That Is None
Enrico Baj or Monstrosity Laid Bare by the Paint Itself
The Transparency of Kitsch

Descriere

Jean Baudrillard is generally recognized as one of the most important and provocative contemporary social theorists. But in the English speaking world, his reputation is largely based on books published after the 1960s, as he moved towards becoming the premier commentator on postmodernism. This wide ranging and expertly edited book examines the work of the young Baudrillard, it deepens our understanding of his seminal work on consumer culture by presenting his early essays on McLuhan, Lefebvre and Marcuse. The influence of German traditions of thought are clearly revealed, and Baudrillard's neglected and out of print writing on aesthetics is rediscovered and reprinted. Extracts from his political diaries and commentaries o