Passwords / Jean Baudrillard ; translated by Chris Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Mots de passe. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, French--20th century.

Philosophy, French.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 92 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2003.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

In his analysis of the deep social trends rooted in production, consumption, and the symbolic, Jean Baudrillard touches the very heart of the concerns of the generation currently rebelling against the framework of the consumer society. With the ever-greater mediatization of society, Baudrillard argues that we are witnessing the virtualization of our world, a disappearance of reality itself, and perhaps the impossibility of any exchange at all. This disenchanted perspective has become the rallying point for all those who reject the traditional sociological and philosophical paradigms of our age. Passwords, in the spirit of Gilles Deleuze's Abecedaire, offers us twelve accessible and enjoyable entry points into Baudrillard's thought by way of the concepts he uses throughout his work: the object, seduction, value, impossible exchange, the obscene, the virtual, symbolic exchange, the transparency of evil, the perfect crime, destiny, duality, and thought.

Contents:

The Object 1

Value 7

Symbolic Exchange 13

Seduction 19

The Obscene 25

The Transparency of Evil 31

The Virtual 37

Randomness 43

Chaos 49

The End 53

The Perfect Crime 59

Destiny 65

Impossible Exchange 71

Duality 79

Thought 83

The Last Word 89.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1859844634

1859845975

OCLC:

52783245