<p>Jean Baudrillard was perhaps the most controversial of all social and cultural theorists. He has been variously vilified as a 'postmodernist', an 'overrated French theorist' and one of the 'intellectual imposters'. His comments on 9/11, Abu Ghraib and Europe's suburban riots have been eagerly sou
The Jean Baudrillard Reader
β Scribed by Steve Redhead
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 234
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Cover
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Ch. 1 - On Non-Postmodernity
Ch. 2 - Mass Media Culture
Ch. 3 - The Linguistic Imaginary
Ch. 4 - The Ecliptic of Sex
Ch. 5 - The Beaubourg Effect: Implosion and Deterrence
Ch. 6 - Pease Follow Me
Ch. 7 - The Evil Demon of Images
Ch. 8 - The Gulf War: Is It Really Taking Place?
Ch. 9 - Pataphysics of the Year 2000
Ch. 10 - Impossible Exchange
Ch. 11 - The Millenium, or the Suspense of the Year 2000
Ch. 12 - Truth or Radicality? The Future of Architecture
Ch. 13 - The Art Conspiracy
Ch. 14 - Requiem for the Twin Towers
Ch. 15 - Pornography of War
Ch. 16 - Contemporary Art: Art Contemporary with Itself
Ch. 17 - The Pyres of Autumn
Ch. 18 - We Have Never Been Postmodern: Reading Jean Baudrillard
Index
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