You’re listening to Short and Interesting – the podcast that reads to you short excerpts from old, weird, interesting books. This week is the great French postmodern theorist Jean Baudrillard, with excerpts from his 1970 work “The Consumer Society.”

This English translation is copyright of Sage Publications in 1988. Despite its copyright, this is a culturally significant work published with the financial support of the French government. We assume the rights holders do not object to its use in this manner -- we are reciting the text in the spirit of fair use. Check out Sage Publications’ website: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-consumer-society/book252392.

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