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The Ecstasy of Communication (Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents Series)

by Jean Baudrillard

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This book marks an important evolution in Jean Baudrillard's thought as he leaves behind his older and better-known concept of the andquot;simulacrumandquot; 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.

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Baudrillard leaves behind his older and better-known concept of the andquot;simulacrumandquot; and tackles the new problem of digital technology acquiring organicity.

Synopsis:

Baudrillard leaves behind his older and better-known concept of the & quot; simulacrum& quot; and tackles the new problem of digital technology acquiring organicity.
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Jean 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. His Simulations (1983) instantly became a cult classic and made him a controversial voice in the world of politics and art.
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ISBN:
9780936756363
Translator:
Schutze, Bernard
Translator:
Schutze, Caroline
Translator:
Schutze, Bernard
Author:
Baudrillard, Jean
Author:
Schutze, Caroline
Publisher:
Semiotext(e)
Location:
Brooklyn, N.Y. :
Subject:
Human beings
Subject:
Movements - Humanism
Subject:
General Philosophy
Edition Description:
Reprinted from
Series:
Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents Series
Series Volume:
v. 3
Publication Date:
June 1988
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Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
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Yes
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
7.08x4.56x.26 in. .21 lbs.
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