![]() ![]() There are definitely some sentences that feel a little bit like dril before dril (Bau-dril-lard?). Or maybe more like a mix of Tumblr and Twitter. The current top review says "this is like what'd happen is baudrillard had a blog", and I feel like that's a fairly accurate description. "The very definition of the real has become: that of which it is possible to give an equivalent reproduction.The real is not only what can be reproduced, but that which is always already reproduced: that is the hyperreal.which is entirely in simulation." We experience only prepared realities-edited war footage, meaningless acts of terrorism, the destruction of cultural values and the substitution of 'referendum'. We live in a world dominated by simulated experiences and feelings, Jean Baudrillard believes, and have lost the capacity to comprehend reality as it actually exists. These terms refer to the virtual or unreal nature of contemporary culture in an age of mass communication and mass consumption. Jean Baudrillard's philosophy centers on the twin concepts of 'hyperreality' and 'simulation'. Jean Baudrillard was also a Professor of Philosophy of Culture and Media Criticism at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, where he taught an Intensive Summer Seminar. ![]() His work is frequently associated with postmodernism and post-structuralism. ![]() Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator, and photographer. ![]()
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