Jean Baudrillard is one of the most lauded theorists of poststructuralism, yet is widely regarded as a cynic and fatalist. This week's introduction presents Baudrillard's account of symbolic exchange as a crucial dimension of non-alienated life. A classic in its field, Symbolic Exchange and Death is a key source for the redefinition of contemporary social thought. Only 3 left in stock - order soon. Sign in

Sign in. Read 13 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Symbolic Exchange and Death, published in France in 1976, is without doubt Jean Baudrillard's most important book.It appeared alongside works by Claude Lévi-Strauss and Michel Foucault in Gallimard's prestigious series Bibliothèque des Sciences Humaines. Ships from and sold by Galaxy_Books. In a major 14-part series, Andrew Robinson reinterprets Baudrillard as anti-capitalist theorist of alienation and resistance. Symbolic Exchange and Death book. Symbolic Exchange and Death.pdf - Google Drive. - Radical PhilosophyJean Baudrillard is one of the most celebrated and most controversial of … Baudrillard's critical gaze appraises social theories as diverse as cybernetics, ethnography, psychoanalysis, feminism, Marxism, communications theory and semiotics. For anyone seeking a way into Baudrillard′s highly inventive, uncompromising, and occasionally maddening oeuvre, Symbolic Exchange and Death is still one of the best places from which to start." This item: Symbolic Exchange and Death (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) by Jean Baudrillard Paperback $36.26. Simulacra and Simulation (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism) by Jean Baudrillard Paperback $14.80.