Jean Baudrillard

Author(s)

• Lane, Ricahrd J.
• Baudrillard, Jean

Bibliographic Information

Jean Baudrillard

Richard J. Lane

（Routledge critical thinkers : essential guides for literary studies / series editor, Robert Eaglestone）

Routledge, 2000

• : pbk
• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-152) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Best known as the philosopher who claimed that the Gulf War never happened, Jean Baudrillard is one of the most famous and controversial writers on postmodernism. This book offers a beginners guide to his thought, including his views on: * technology * primitivism * reworking Marxism * simulation and hyperreality * America and postmodernism. Richard Lane places Baudrillard's key ideas in the context of French and postmodern thought and examines the ongoing impact of his work. Concluding with an extensively annotated bibliography of the original texts, this is the perfect companion for any student approaching the work of Jean Baudrillard.

Table of Contents

Why Baudrillard? Key Ideas 1. Beginnings: French Thought in the 1960's. 2. The Technological System of Objects. 3. Narrative of Primitivism: The 'Last Real Book.' 4. Reworking Marxism. 5. Simulation and the Hyperreal. 6. America and Postmodernism. 7. Writing Strategies: Postmodern Performance. After Baudrillard. Works Cited.

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Details

• NCID: BA49229305
• ISBN:
  • 0415215153
  • 0415215145
• LCCN: 00031140
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: x, 156 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • FREE : Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA49232048