The Ecstasy of Communication
$32.78
- Paperback
88 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2012
Summary
Baudrillard’s essential crib-book, lexicon, and companion piece to any and all of his books and a prescient portrait of our contemporary condition.“The need to speak, even if one has nothing to say, becomes more pressing when one has nothing to say, just as the will to live becomes more urgent when life has lost its meaning.”-from The Ecstasy of CommunicationFirst published in France in 1987, The Ecstasy of Communication was Baudrillard’s summarization of his work for a postdoctoral degree at…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781584350576 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1584350571 |
| Author: | Jean Baudrillard, Jean-Louis Violeau, Bernard Schütze, Caroline Schütze |
| Publisher: | Autonomedia |
| Imprint: | Semiotext |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 88 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2012 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 6mm |
| Series: | Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents |
About The Author
Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur.Jean-Louis Violeau is a sociologist and researcher at the “Architecture-Culture-Societe” laboratory of the Ecole d’architecture de Paris-Malaquais in Paris. His most recent book is Les Architectes et Mai 68.
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