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The Ecstasy of Communication (Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents Series)by Jean Baudrillard
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This book marks an important evolution in Jean Baudrillard's thought as he leaves behind his older and better-known concept of the "simulacrum" and tackles the new problem of digital technology acquiring organicity. The resulting world of cold communication and its indifferent alterity, seduction, metamorphoses, metastases, and transparency requires a new form of response. Writing in the shadow of Marshall McLuhan, Baudrillard insists that the content of communication is completely without meaning: the only thing that is communicated is communication itself. He sees the masses writhing in an orgiastic ecstasy of communications. Baudrillard navigates the Object's maelstrom with the euphoria of the astronaut reentering Earth's atmosphere with no possibility of assistance from Mission Control. Synopsis:Baudrillard leaves behind his older and better-known concept of the "simulacrum" and tackles the new problem of digital technology acquiring organicity. About the AuthorJean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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