Book 33 - Jean Baudrillard "The Perfect Crime"

[jazzy_dave]

Jean Baudrillard "The Perfect Crime" (Verso Radical Thinkers)




Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a French philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator, and photographer most associated with the “Postmodern” movement.


Though Simulacra has acquired Baudrillard his most cultural currency, this book in fact is the most eloquent (and witty) and well argued, filled with trenchant wit and sly insights. Baudrillard is the best cultural critic to come out of France in the last century, and this book will prove to be the greatest sample of his thought. Covering topics as disparate as Andy Warhol and Yugoslavia, Baudrillard examines the implosion of reality in the contemporary global world, exploring the moral implications of the age of information. Those who seek to discredit Baudrillard as a stylish postmodernist will have difficulty dismissing this eloquent and disturbing text

Not one of Baudrillard’s “major works,” this book still is filled with many of Baudrillard’s perceptive and sometimes acerbic comments on society. However, i still recommend it.

Comments

[calico-pye.livejournal.com]

As well documented, I am studying Postmodernism, specifically Baudrillard's 'Simulacra and Simulations'. It is an interesting subject, perhaps lost on me a bit as I kind of had to have a crash course in Postmodernism. I have picked up Noam Chomski and his stuff is like having a cold bucket of water thrown over me. Lyotard is interesting, as so is Marshall McLuhan's 'The Medium is the Massage.'

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Interesting range of topics, but the title had me fooled into thinking it was a crime novel. :o
Hugs, Jon

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

*HUGS*