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Jean Baudrillard

Born

in Reims, France

July 20, 1929

Died

March 06, 2007

Website

http://www.egs.edu/faculty/jean-baudrillard/bio...

Genre

Philosophy, Social Sciences

Influences

Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Norbert Wiener, Marcel ...more

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Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator, and photographer. His work is frequently associated with postmodernism and post-structuralism.

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.

Jean Baudrillard's philosophy centers on the twin concepts of 'hyperreality' and 'simulation'. These terms refer to the virtual or unreal nature of contemporary culture in an age of mass communication and mass consumption. We live in a world dominated by simulated experiences and feelings, Jean Baudrillard believes, and have lost the capacity to comprehend reality as it ...more

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	Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard, Sheila Faria Glaser (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14,512 ratings — published 1981 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America 3.89 avg rating — 2,771 ratings — published 1986 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures 4.12 avg rating — 1,826 ratings — published 1970 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The System of Objects 4.01 avg rating — 1,706 ratings — published 1968 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spirit of Terrorism and Other essays by Jean Baudrillard, Chris Turner (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 1,107 ratings — published 2001 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seduction 3.88 avg rating — 882 ratings — published 1979 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Conspiracy of Art by Jean Baudrillard, Sylvère Lotringer (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 773 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Transparency of Evil: Essays in Extreme Phenomena by Jean Baudrillard, Baddeley J. St. John (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 746 ratings — published 1990 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gulf War Did Not Take Place by Jean Baudrillard, Paul Patton (Translator) 3.62 avg rating — 777 ratings — published 1991 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ecstasy of Communication 3.96 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 1987 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Jean Baudrillard (?)

“We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.”
― Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation

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“Smile and others will smile back. Smile to show how transparent, how candid you are. Smile if you have nothing to say. Most of all, do not hide the fact you have nothing to say nor your total indifference to others. Let this emptiness, this profound indifference shine out spontaneously in your smile.”
― Jean Baudrillard

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“Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.”
― Jean Baudrillard

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