Simulacra and Simulation (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism)
The first full-length translation in English of an essential work of postmodernist thought
The first full-length translation in English of an essential work of postmodernist thought
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780472065219 (0472065211)
ASIN: 472065211
Publish date: February 15th 1995
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Pages no: 164
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Academic,
Cultural,
Criticism,
Art,
Culture,
Philosophy,
Sociology,
France,
Cultural Studies,
Theory
I've been meaning to read this for a long time. Baudrillard's ideas have always struck me as incredibly sensible in the (at times, very stupid) world we live in.
Not so much a review as an illustration of why I like his thinking so much. A couple of excerpts from his book:If we were able to view the Borges fable in which the cartographers of the Empire draw up a map so detailed that it ends up covering the territory exactly (the decline of the Empire witness...
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