The Tao of Exchange
Ideology and Cosmology in Baudrillard's Fatalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4480931 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca L Lee (0000-0001-8407-4565, corresponding author), Raymond L M Lee |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-67 |
| Publication date | 1998-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513698052000005 |
| OpenAlex | W2006625479 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
Baudrillard's fatalism could be interpreted as a unique synthesis of poststructuralism and Eastern philosophy. It may be construed as an effort to integrate the critique of the political economy of the sign with a romantic anthropology of symbolic exchange that is partly influenced by Taoist philosophy. As a whole, it comprises a type of countercultural response to a burgeoning simulacral order. This is a response that draws upon some aspects of Taoist thought because it ideally provides a non-Marxist approach to the critique of the sign, but is insufficiently developed to consider the problem of agency in Taoist non-causal action. This paper surveys the general direction of Baudrillard's writings and suggests possible areas of research emerging from the ambiguities of fatal theory
Epistemology · Fatalism · Ideology · Marxist philosophy · Politics · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Cultural Studies and Postmodernism · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law · Philosophy
The three worlds
Seduction
The Forest of Symbols
Contested knowledge
For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign
Symbolic Exchange and Death
Out of the Maze? Twists and Riddles of Postmodern Thinking
Chinese Thought
A source book in Chinese philosophy
The Globalization of Religious Markets
La société de consommation
The Possessed Individual
In the shadow of reason
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |