Jean Baudrillard (Routledge Critical Thinkers) - Softcover

Lane, Richard J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415215153 ISBN 13: 9780415215152

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Lane is a Lecturer at South Bank University, London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0415215153
• ISBN 13: 9780415215152
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176