- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (3 Oct 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415063078
- ISBN-13: 978-0415063074
- Product Dimensions: 1.4 x 2.2 x 0.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 674,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book provides an introduction to Baudrillard's cultural theory: the conception of modernity and the complex process of simulation. It examines his literary essays: his confrontation with Calvino , Styron, Ballard and Borges. It offers a coherent account of Baudrillard's theory of cultural ambience, and the culture of consumer society. And it provides an introduction to Baudrillard's fiction theory, and the analysis of transpolitical figures. The book also includes an interesting and provocative comparison of Baudrillard's powerful essay against the modernist Pompidou Centre in Paris and Frederic Jameson's analysis of the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. An interpretation of this encounter leads to the presentation of a very different Baudrillard from that which figures in contemporary debates on postmodernism.
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A good Introduction to Baudrillard
5 Jun 2000
Format:Paperback
Baudrillardfs works are very difficult to understand for ordinary readers who do not know much about him because his description is very rhetorical and constitutes his own view of the world and his style is very different from general theses or essays. This book is appropriate for people who want to know the elements of Baudrillardfs thoughts since it explains his strategy, view of the world, and main idea, gsimulationh. Each chapter is titled key word in Baudrillardfs discussions such as gTechnology and cultureh, gThe rigours of consumer societyh, gFrom production to reproductionh, and gModernity, simulation, and the hyperrealh. We can know how he has developed his theory in various fields. Especially, this book approaches his works both synchronically and diachronically, which is very helpful because his themes in works have always changed. Generally speaking, this book is written in plain English and the constitution is very good as an introductory book.
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