| Uniform title |
Simulacres et simulation. English
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| Physical description |
164 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The Body in theory. |
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Body, in theory.
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| Notes |
Spine title: Simulacra & simulation. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The Precession of Simulacra -- History: A Retro Scenario -- Holocaust -- The China Syndrome --Apocalypse Now -- The Beaubourg Effect: Implosion and Deterrence -- Hypermarket and Hypercommodity -- The Implosion of Meaning in the Media -- Absolute Advertising, Ground-Zero Advertising -- Clone Story --Holograms -- Crash -- Simulacra and Science Fiction --The Animals: Territory and Metamorphoses -- The Remainder -- The Spiraling Cadaver -- Value's Last Tango -- On Nihilism. |
| Summary |
Moving away from the Marxist/Freudian approaches that had concerned him earlier, Baudrillard developed in this book a theory of contemporary culture that relies on displacing economic notions of cultural production with notions of cultural expenditure. |
| Subject |
Resemblance (Philosophy)
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Reality.
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| Variant Title |
Simulacra & simulation. |
| ISBN |
0472065211 (paperback: alkaline paper) |
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0472095218 (alkaline paper) |
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