Jean Baudrillard | |
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 Baudrillard in 2004 at the European Graduate School | |
| Born | 27 July 1929 Reims, France |
| Died | 6 March 2007 (aged 77) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Era | 20th-/21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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| Thesis | Le système des objets (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Henri Lefebvre |
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Jean Baudrillard (UK: /ˈboʊdrɪjɑːr/,[1] US: /ˌboʊdriˈɑːr/; French: [ʒɑ̃ bodʁijaʁ]; 27 July 1929 – 6 March 2007) was a French sociologist and philosopher with an 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.[2][3] Nevertheless, Baudrillard had also opposed post-structuralism,[4][5] and had distanced himself from postmodernism.[6][7]
- ^ "Baudrillard, Jean". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021.
- ^ Kellner (2019); Aylesworth (2015); Redhead (2013)
- ^ Brennan, Eugene (2017). "Pourquoi la guerre aujourd'hui? by Jean Baudrillard, Jacques Derrida (review)". French Studies: A Quarterly Review. 71 (3): 449. doi:10.1093/fs/knx092. Project MUSE 666299.
- ^ Attias (2011); Poole (2007a); Poole (2007b); Poole (2007c); Wolters (2015)
- ^ "'Nobody Needs French Theory' – an extract from Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance". Edinburgh University Press. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Antonio (2007): "Asked about postmodernism, Baudrillard said: “I have nothing to do with it. I don’t know who came up with the term... But I have no faith in ‘postmodernism’ as an analytical term. When people say: ‘you are a postmodernist,’ I answer: “Well why not?’ The term simply avoids the issue itself.” He declared that he was a “nihilist, not a postmodernist.” (Baudrillard and Lie 2007:3–4)."; Zurbrugg (2006), pp. 482–500; Aylesworth (2015); Kellner (2019)
- ^ "The art of disappearing – BAUDRILLARD NOW". 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
Transmodernism is "better terms than "postmodernism". It is not about modernity; it is about every system that has developed its mode of expression to the extent that it surpasses itself and its own logic. This is what I am trying to analyze." "There is no longer any ontologically secret substance. I perceive this to be nihilism rather than postmodernism. To me, nihilism is a good thing – I am a nihilist, not a postmodernist." "Paul Virilio uses the term 'transpolitical'."