Baudrillard, Jean
Simulacra and Simulation (The Body in Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780472065219
- author:
- Baudrillard, Jean
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Michigan Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1994
- Pages:
- 164
- Dimensions:
- 13.3 x 1.1 x 22.9 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
First published in 1981, Simulacra and Simulation is a seminal work by French philosopher Jean Baudrillard that explores the nature of contemporary culture. Baudrillard's theory of the simulacrum - the copy without an original - and simulation, is central to understanding the impact of mass reproduction and reproducibility in our electronic media culture.
Translated by Sheila Faria Glaser, this book provides a comprehensive English edition of Baudrillard's ideas on the simulacrum, drawing on a range of examples from popular culture, including film and media. A key work in the development of postmodern thought, Simulacra and Simulation offers a unique perspective on cultural theory and its relationship to the concept of cultural materialism.
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