Introducing Baudrillard
Horrocks, Chris (Associate professor in art history)
Introducing Baudrillard [electronic resource] : Chris Horrocks & Zoran Jevtic. - London : Icon, 2011. - 175 p. : ill.
Originally published: as Baudrillard for beginners. 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Introducing Baudrillard' traces the highly influential work of this postmodernist intellectual who has been hailed as one of the world's most subtle and powerful thinkers. Illustrated guide to the controversial sociologist Jean Baudrillard, who died in 2007. Did the Gulf War take place? Is it possible to fake a bank robbery? Was sexual liberation a disaster? 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cuts beneath the controversy of this misunderstood intellectual to present his radical claims that reality has been replaced by a simulated world of images and events ranging from TV news to Disneyland.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 traces his development from critic of mass consumption to prophet of the apocalypse. Chris Horrocks' text and Zoran Jevtic?s artwork invite us to decide whether Baudrillard was a cure for the vertigo of contemporary culture - or one of its symptoms
Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781840469066 (e-book)
Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007.
Postmodernism--France.
Philosophy.
History of philosophy, philosophical traditions
Modern philosophy: since c 1800
Sociology
Biography: philosophy & social sciences
Urban communities
Study & learning skills: general
Impact of science & technology on society
Social & political philosophy
"Graphic novel / Comic book: memoirs, true stories & non-fiction"
Electronic books.
Introducing Baudrillard [electronic resource] : Chris Horrocks & Zoran Jevtic. - London : Icon, 2011. - 175 p. : ill.
Originally published: as Baudrillard for beginners. 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Introducing Baudrillard' traces the highly influential work of this postmodernist intellectual who has been hailed as one of the world's most subtle and powerful thinkers. Illustrated guide to the controversial sociologist Jean Baudrillard, who died in 2007. Did the Gulf War take place? Is it possible to fake a bank robbery? Was sexual liberation a disaster? 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 traces his development from critic of mass consumption to prophet of the apocalypse. Chris Horrocks' text and Zoran Jevtic?s artwork invite us to decide whether Baudrillard was a cure for the vertigo of contemporary culture - or one of its symptoms
Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781840469066 (e-book)
Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007.
Postmodernism--France.
Philosophy.
History of philosophy, philosophical traditions
Modern philosophy: since c 1800
Sociology
Biography: philosophy & social sciences
Urban communities
Study & learning skills: general
Impact of science & technology on society
Social & political philosophy
"Graphic novel / Comic book: memoirs, true stories & non-fiction"
Electronic books.
