Author(s)

Qian Chen

Corresponding Author

Qian Chen

ABSTRACT

Baudrillard’s academic achievements were largely influenced by the Labor Theory of Value (LTV). Baudrillard’s theory was derived from the LTV. Subsequently, Baudrillard gradually developed his own theoretical system and broke with the LTV finally. Baudrillard adopted the LTV dialectics, and critically inherited the LTV in his early works such as Le système des objets, La société de consommation and Pour une critique de l’ économie politique du signe. Pour une critique de l’ économie politique du signe was Baudrillard’s last work on the LTV’s ontological position, and the following work Le Miroir de la production signaled his departure from the LTV. Baudrillard harshly criticized the LTV in his later works. However, due to taking root in the LTV, Baudrillard’s theory of sign value inevitably had flaws and self-contradictions when rejecting the LTV.

KEYWORDS

Baudrillard's sign value theory, reflection