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2009 | 31 | 1 | 141-159

Article title

Claude Lévi-Strauss v sociologii: Baudrillardova teorie společnosti konzumu

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Title variants

EN
CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS'S INSPIRATION IN SOCIOLOGY: BAUDRILLARD'S THEORY OF THE CONSUMER SOCIETY

Languages of publication

CS

Abstracts

EN
Contrary to what is often thought, the structuralist approach has never been adopted in French sociology very extensively. When speaking about structuralism in this discipline, the work of Pierre Bourdieu is generally referred to. The present paper is intentionally heading in another direction and is questioning Levi-Straussian traces in Baudrillard's theory of the consumer society. First, Baudrillard acknowledges being in debt to Levi-Strauss for his conception of consumption as a language. In this perspective exchanged goods are understood as object-signs. We believe nevertheless that Baudrillard goes even further when he analyzes the phenomenon of absurd violence, bearing in mind - even he does not directly disclose it - Levi-Strauss' concept of 'free signifier'. All the same we finally conclude that Baudrillard's use of Levi-Strauss is rather cursory. Despite this fact it is of interest: Thus we follow Baudrillard's analysis and consider the problem of social criticism, which is one of the main topics of his writings here discussed.

Year

Volume

31

Issue

1

Pages

141-159

Physical description

Document type

ARTICLE

Contributors

author
  • Jan Marsalek, Filosoficky ustav AV CR, Jilska 1, Praha 1, 110 00, Czech Republic; http://dlib.lib.cas.cz/5924/

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Publication order reference

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier
10CZAAAA08336

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.2b5a98c1-ed71-3474-9595-67344d92b4da
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