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The System of Objects (Radical Thinkers)

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Pressing Freudian and Saussurean categories into the service of a basically Marxist perspective, The System of Objects offers a cultural critique of the commodity in consumer society. Baudrillard classifies the everyday objects of the 'new technical order' as functional, nonfunctional and metafunctional. He contrasts 'modern' and 'traditional' functional objects, subjecting home furnishing and interior design to a celebrated semiological analysis.

His treatment of nonfunctional or 'marginal' objects focuses on antiques and the psychology of collecting, while the metafunctional category extends to the useless, the aberrant and even the 'schizofunctional'. Finally, Baudrillard deals at length with the implications of credit and advertising for the commodification of everyday life.

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Verso
Language
English
Pages
224

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Cover of: System of Objects
System of Objects
2020, Verso Books
in English
Cover of: The System of Objects (Radical Thinkers)
The System of Objects (Radical Thinkers)
January 11, 2006, Verso
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Cover of: The system of objects
The system of objects
1996, Verso
in English
Cover of: Le système des objets
Le système des objets
1988, Gallimard
in French
Cover of: Le Système des objets
Le Système des objets
October 13, 1978, Gallimard
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Cover of: Le Système des objets ...
Le Système des objets ...
1968, Gallimard
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Cover of: LE SYSTEME DES OBJETS (LES ESSAIS)
LE SYSTEME DES OBJETS (LES ESSAIS)
1968-01-01, Gallimard
Cover of: Le Système des objets ...
Le Système des objets ...
1968, Gallimard
in French
Cover of: Le systeme des objects

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Library of Congress
BF778 .B313 2005, BF778.B313 2005

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
224
Dimensions
7.6 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
Weight
9.9 ounces

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Open Library
OL8956169M
ISBN 10
1844670538
ISBN 13
9781844670536
LCCN
2006282322
OCLC/WorldCat
63674414
LibraryThing
113835
Goodreads
22616

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OL790285W

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