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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…
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5 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 2006The System of Objects (Radical Thinkers)Verso · 224 pages · 9781844670536
- Other · English · 2020System of ObjectsVerso Books · 224 pages · 9781788738545
- Other · English · 1996The system of objectsVerso · 205 pages · 9781859849439
- Paperback · French · 1978Le Système des objetsGallimard · 288 pages · 9782070283866
- Other · French · 1968LE SYSTEME DES OBJETS (LES ESSAIS)Gallimard · 258 pages · 9782070268009
Technology and civilizationValuesConsumption (Economics)Psychological aspectsPsychological aspects of ValuesObject (Philosophy)Philosophy, frenchSemiotics
