The Ecstasy of Communication

Baudrillard's essential crib-book, lexicon, and companion piece to any and all of his books and a prescient portrait of our contemporary condition.

Author: Jean Baudrillard
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Published: 11/30/2012
Pages: 87
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.07w x 0.21d
ISBN13: 9781584350576
ISBN10: 1584350571
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Essays
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | Modern

About the Author
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur.

Jean-Louis Violeau is a sociologist and researcher at the "Architecture-Culture-Société" laboratory of the Ecole d'architecture de Paris-Malaquais in Paris. His most recent book is Les Architectes et Mai 68.