Introducing Baudrillard / Chris Horrocks and Zoran Jevtic ; edited by Richard Appignanesi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horrocks, Chris, author.

Contributor:

Jevtic, Zoran, illustrator.

Appignanesi, Richard, editor.

Series:

Introducing (Thriplow, England)

Introducing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007.

Baudrillard, Jean.

Postmodernism--France.

Postmodernism.

Philosophy, French--20th century.

Philosophy, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. : Icon Books ; [New York, N.Y.] : Totem Books, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jean Baudrillard has been hailed as one of France's most subtle and powerful theorists. But his provocative style and assaults on sociology, feminism and Marxism have exposed him to accusations of promoting a dangerous new orthodoxy - of being the 'pimp' of postmodernism. Introducing Baudrillard cuts beneath the controversy of this misunderstood intellectual to present his radical claims that reality has been replaced by a simulated world of images and events ranging from TV news to Disneyland. It provides a clear account of Baudrillard's work on obesity, pornography and terrorism and trac

Contents:

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Originally published: Baudrillard for beginners. Cambridge, U.K. : Icon, 1996.

ISBN:

9786611371838

9781874166368

1874166366

9781848319844

1848319843

9781281371836

1281371831

9781840469066

1840469064

OCLC:

527378866