For a critique of the political economy of the sign. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Pour une critique de l'économie politique du signe.
• Further Information: Note: By Jean Baudrillard ; translated with an introduction by Charles Levin.
• Authors: Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007
• Contents: Introduction / Charles Levin -- Sign function and class logic -- The ideological genesis of needs -- Fetishism and ideology : The semiological reduction -- Gesture and signature : The semiurgy of contemporary art -- The art auction : Sign exchange and sumptuary value -- For a general theory -- Beyond use value -- Towards a critique of the political economy of the sign -- Requiem for the media -- Design and environment -- Concerning the fulfillment of desire in exchange value.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Verso
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 339.4/7; Consumption (Economics); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788734851; 1788734858
• Related ISBNs: 1788734831; 9781788734837
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.