Introducing Baudrillard
Chris Horrocks
Presents Baudrillard's radical claims that reality has been replaced by a simulated world of images and events ranging from TV news to Disneyland. Provides a clear account of Baudrillard's work on obesity, pornography and terrorism and traces his development from critic of mass consumption to prophet of the apocalypse.
Abstract: Jean Baudrillard has been hailed as one of France's most subtle and powerful theorists. This work presents his radical claims that reality has been replaced by a simulated world of images and events ranging from TV news to Disneyland. It provides an account of Baudrillard's work on obesity, pornography and terrorism.
Abstract: Jean Baudrillard has been hailed as one of France's most subtle and powerful theorists. This work presents his radical claims that reality has been replaced by a simulated world of images and events ranging from TV news to Disneyland. It provides an account of Baudrillard's work on obesity, pornography and terrorism.
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Year:
1997
Edition:
Second Edition
Publisher:
Totem Books
Language:
english
Pages:
177
ISBN 10:
1281371831
ISBN 13:
9781840469066
File:
PDF, 24.42 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1997