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Jean Baudrillard

Born

in Reims, France

July 27, 1929

Died

March 06, 2007

Genre

Philosophy, Social Sciences

Influences

Karl Marx, Bertolt Brecht, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Norbert ...more

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Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist, philosopher and poet, with interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as well as his formulation of concepts such as hyperreality. Baudrillard wrote about diverse subjects, including consumerism, critique of economy, social history, aesthetics, Western foreign policy, and popular culture. Among his most well-known works are Seduction (1978), Simulacra and Simulation (1981), America (1986), and The Gulf War Did Not Take Place (1991). His work is frequently associated with postmodernism and specifically post-structuralism. Nevertheless, Baudrillard had also opposed post-structuralism, and had distanced himself from ...more

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	Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard, Sheila Faria Glaser (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,601 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America 3.89 avg rating — 3,188 ratings — published 1986 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures 4.12 avg rating — 2,156 ratings — published 1970 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The System of Objects 4.01 avg rating — 1,908 ratings — published 1968 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spirit of Terrorism and Other essays by Jean Baudrillard, Chris Turner (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 1,226 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seduction 3.87 avg rating — 965 ratings — published 1979 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gulf War Did Not Take Place by Jean Baudrillard, Paul Patton (Translator) 3.62 avg rating — 983 ratings — published 1991 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Transparency of Evil: Essays in Extreme Phenomena by Jean Baudrillard, Baddeley J. St. John (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 853 ratings — published 1990 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Conspiracy of Art by Jean Baudrillard, Sylvère Lotringer (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 1999 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ecstasy of Communication 3.97 avg rating — 683 ratings — published 1987 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.”
― Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation

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“Smile and others will smile back. Smile to show how transparent, how candid you are. Smile if you have nothing to say. Most of all, do not hide the fact you have nothing to say nor your total indifference to others. Let this emptiness, this profound indifference shine out spontaneously in your smile.”
― Jean Baudrillard

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“Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.”
― Jean Baudrillard

tags: americans, identity

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