Jean Baudrillard (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

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Jean Baudrillard (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 156 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780415215152
  • DDC分類 194

基本説明

This book offers a beginners' guide to Baudrillard's thought, including his views on technology, primitivism, reworking Marxism, simulation and hyperreality, America and postmodernism.

Full Description


Jean Baudrillard is one of the most famous and controversial of writers on postmodernism. But what are his key ideas? Where did they come from and why are they important? This book offers a beginners guide to Baudrillard's thought, including his views on: technology primitivism reworking Marxism simulation and hyperreal America and postmodernism. Richard J. Lane places Baudrillards ideas in the contexts of French and postmodern thought and examines the ongoing impact of his work. Concluding with an extensively annotated bibliography of the thinker's own texts, this is the perfect companion for any student approaching the work of Jean Baudrillard.

Contents

Why Baudrillard? Key Ideas 1. Beginnings2. 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.