For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign

St. Louis: Telos Press, 1981. First ed., presumed. Large octavo in black paper wraps; 214 pages; 22 cm Very good(+) with minor wear and soiling to exterior; tight and clean within. Paperback. ISBN: 9780914386247

Contents: Introduction / Charles Levin. Sign function and class logic. The ideological genesis of needs. Fetishism and ideology: The semiological reduction. Gesture and signature: The semiurgy of contemporary art. The art auction: Sign exchange and sumptuary value. For a general theory. Beyond use value. Towards a critique of the political economy of the sign. Requiem for the media. Design and environment. Concerning the fulfillment of desire in exchange value.// macroeconomics, Consumer behavior Social aspects, Consumption (Economics), Consumption (Economics) Social aspects, Economics, Semiotics, Signs and symbols, Verbrauch. Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007.