Jean Baudrillard - Couverture souple

Lane, Richard J.

 
9780415215152: Jean Baudrillard

Synopsis

Best known as the philosopher who claimed that the Gulf War never happened, Jean Baudrillard is one of the most famous and controversial writers on postmodernism. This book offers a beginners guide to his thought, including his views on:
* technology
* primitivism
* reworking Marxism
* simulation and hyperreality
* America and postmodernism.
Richard Lane places Baudrillard's key ideas in the context of French and postmodern thought and examines the ongoing impact of his work. Concluding with an extensively annotated bibliography of the original texts, this is the perfect companion for any student approaching the work of Jean Baudrillard.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Best known as the philosopher who claimed that the Gulf War never happened, Jean Baudrillard is one of the most famous and controversial writers on postmodernism. This book offers a beginners guide to his thought, including his views on:
* technology
* primitivism
* reworking Marxism
* simulation and hyperreality
* America and postmodernism.
Richard Lane places Baudrillard's key ideas in the context of French and postmodern thought and examines the ongoing impact of his work. Concluding with an extensively annotated bibliography of the original texts, this is the perfect companion for any student approaching the work of Jean Baudrillard.

Biographie de l'auteur

Richard J. Lane is a professor in the English department, at Vancouver Island University, Canada, where he also directs the Literary Theory Research Group and Seminar for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. He is the author or editor of eight books, including Fifty Key Literary Theorists (Routledge).

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ISBN 10 :  0415215145 ISBN 13 :  9780415215145
Editeur : Routledge, 2000
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