3 For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vi
4. Notes on the Translation viii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The System of Objects 13
7. 2 Consumer Society 32
8. 3 For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign 60
9. 4 The Mirror of Production 101
10. 5 Symbolic Exchange and Death 122
11. 6 On Seduction 152
12. 7 Simulacra and Simulations 169
13. 8 Fatal Strategies 188
14. 9 The Masses: The Implosion of the Social in the Media 210
15. 10 Cool Memories 223
16. 11 The Gulf War Did Not Take Place 231
17. 12 The Illusion of the End 254
18. 13 The Perfect Crime 266
19. 14 Paroxysm: Interviews with Philippe Petit 276
20. Index 292