Title: Selected writings / Jean Baudrillard
Description: "Jean Baudrillard, alternately provocative and astonishing, is one of the leading theorists of media and culture. Regarded by many as the chief prophet of postmodernism, his writings raise important issues about the changing nature of social and political life in our contemporary, media-saturated age.".

"This book makes his most important writings available in a single volume. It includes selections from the entire range of his work, from his early writings on consumer culture and the political economy of the sign to his more recent work on desire, simulation and the "hyperreal"."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Sociology, Modern Civilization, Culture, Civilization, modern, 20th century, Philosophy, modern, 20th century, Mass media, Sociology, philosophy, Civilization, modern, Civilization, modern--20th century, Hm15 .b3813 2001
Time periods: 20th century