Jean Baudrillard : Against Banality

Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1(6) The Object System, the Sign System and the Consumption System 7(21) The `Break' with Marxism 28(19) Symbolic Exchange and Death 47(23) Simulation and the End of the Social 70(21) The Body, Sexuality and Seduction 91(16) Into the Fourth Order 107(26) War, Terrorism and 9/11 133(17) Subjectivity, Identity and Agency 150(18) Conclusion 168(5) Notes 173(13) Bibliography 186(8) Index 194