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• catalog abstract ""Everything starts out from impossible exchange. The uncertainty of the world lies in the fact that it has no equivalent anywhere; it cannot be exchanged for anything. The uncertainty of thought lies in the fact that it cannot be exchanged either for truth or for reality." "Jean Baudrillard's now familiar investigations into reality and hyper-reality shift here into a more metaphysical frame. Working his way through the various spheres and systems of everyday life - the political, the juridical, the economical, the aesthetic, the biological, among others - he finds that they are all characterised by the same non-equivalence, and hence the same eccentricity. Literally, they have no meaning outside themselves and cannot be exchanged for anything. Politics is laden with signs and meanings, but seen from the outside it has no meaning. Schemes for genetic experimentation and investigation are becoming infinitely ramified, and the more ramified they become the more the crucial question is left unanswered: who rules over life, who rules over death?" "Baudrillard's conclusion is that the true formula of contemporary nihilism lies here: the nihilism of value itself. This is our fate, and from this stem both the happiest and the most baleful consequences. This book might be said to be the exploration, first, of the 'fateful' consequences, and subsequently - by a poetic transference of situation - of the fortunate, happy consequences of impossible exchange."--Jacket.".
• catalog alternative "Echange impossible. English".
• catalog contributor b12379358.
• catalog created "2001.".
• catalog date "2001".
• catalog date "2001.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
• catalog description ""Everything starts out from impossible exchange. The uncertainty of the world lies in the fact that it has no equivalent anywhere; it cannot be exchanged for anything. The uncertainty of thought lies in the fact that it cannot be exchanged either for truth or for reality." "Jean Baudrillard's now familiar investigations into reality and hyper-reality shift here into a more metaphysical frame. Working his way through the various spheres and systems of everyday life - the political, the juridical, the economical, the aesthetic, the biological, among others - he finds that they are all characterised by the same non-equivalence, and hence the same eccentricity. Literally, they have no meaning outside themselves and cannot be exchanged for anything. Politics is laden with signs and meanings, but seen from the outside it has no meaning. Schemes for genetic experimentation and investigation are becoming infinitely ramified, and the more ramified they become the more the crucial question is left unanswered: who rules over life, who rules over death?" "Baudrillard's conclusion is that the true formula of contemporary nihilism lies here: the nihilism of value itself. This is our fate, and from this stem both the happiest and the most baleful consequences. This book might be said to be the exploration, first, of the 'fateful' consequences, and subsequently - by a poetic transference of situation - of the fortunate, happy consequences of impossible exchange."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Impossible Exchange -- Impossible Exchange -- The Final Solution, or The Revenge of the Immortals -- Useless Functions -- The Impossible Exchange of One's Own Life -- An End to Freedom -- The Dice Man -- D for Double Life -- The Flow of Change. The Cycle of Becoming. The Divide of Destiny -- The Flow of Change. The Cycle of Becoming -- The Divide of Destiny -- Dual Principle. Single Principle. Antagonistic Principle -- Dissociated Society, Parallel Society -- Poetic Transference -- Beyond Artificial Intelligence: Radicality of Thought -- Living Coin: Singularity of the Phantasm -- Real Event, Fated Event: Singularity of the Event -- Photography, or Light-Writing: Literalness of the Image -- Shadowing the World.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog extent "151 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "1859843492 (alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "1859846475".
• catalog issued "2001".
• catalog issued "2001.".
• catalog language "eng fre".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "London ; New York : VERSO,".
• catalog subject "194 21".
• catalog subject "B2430.B33973 E2513 2001".
• catalog subject "Reality.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Impossible Exchange -- Impossible Exchange -- The Final Solution, or The Revenge of the Immortals -- Useless Functions -- The Impossible Exchange of One's Own Life -- An End to Freedom -- The Dice Man -- D for Double Life -- The Flow of Change. The Cycle of Becoming. The Divide of Destiny -- The Flow of Change. The Cycle of Becoming -- The Divide of Destiny -- Dual Principle. Single Principle. Antagonistic Principle -- Dissociated Society, Parallel Society -- Poetic Transference -- Beyond Artificial Intelligence: Radicality of Thought -- Living Coin: Singularity of the Phantasm -- Real Event, Fated Event: Singularity of the Event -- Photography, or Light-Writing: Literalness of the Image -- Shadowing the World.".
• catalog title "Echange impossible. English".
• catalog title "Impossible exchange / Jean Baudrillard ; translated by Chris Turner.".
• catalog type "text".