Impossible Exchange

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ISBN: 9781844677917

Jean Baudrillard, Chris Turner

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English

Verso
29 December 2011

Philosophy; Phenomenology & Existentialism; Cultural studies

Series: Radical Thinkers

Working his way through the various spheres and systems of everyday life-the political, the juridical, the economical, the aesthetic, the biological, among others-he finds that they are all characterized by the same non-equivalence, and hence the same eccentricity. Literally, they have no meaning outside themselves and cannot be exchanged for anything. Politics is laden with signs and meanings, but seen from the outside it has no meaning. Schemes for genetic experimentation and investigation are becoming infinitely ramified, and the more ramified they become the more the crucial question is left unanswered: who rules over life? Who rules over death? Baudrillard's conclusion is that the true formula of contemporary nihilism lies here: the nihilism of value itself. This is our fate, and from this stem both the happiest and the most baleful consequences. This book might be said to be the exploration, first, of the 'fateful' consequences, and subsequently-by a poetic transference of situation-of the fortunate, happy consequences of impossible exchange.

By: Jean Baudrillard
Translated by: Chris Turner
Imprint: Verso
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 232g
ISBN: 9781844677917
ISBN 10: 1844677915
Series: Radical Thinkers
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 29 December 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) began teaching sociology at the Universite de Paris-X in 1966. He retired from academia in 1987 to write books and travel until his death in 2007. His many works include Simulations and Simulacra, America, The Perfect Crime, The System of Objects, Passwords, The Transparency of Evil, The Spirit of Terrorism, and Fragments, among others.

Reviews for Impossible Exchange

First prize for cerebral cold-bloodedness goes to French philosopher Jean Baudrillard. The New York Times The most notorious intellectual celebrity to emerge from Paris since Roland Barthes and the most influential prophet of the media since Marshall McLuhan. i-D magazine