Baudrillard, Jean

Simulations (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents)

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ISBN 13:: 9780936756028
author:: Baudrillard, Jean
format:: Paperback
publisher:: MIT Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 1983
Pages:: 169
Dimensions:: 114mm X 178mm
Genre:: Philosophy
Condition:: New
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Simulations is a groundbreaking thesis that explores the nature of reality in contemporary consumer societies. Baudrillard's bold extrapolation on Ferdinand de Saussure's general theory of general linguistics presents a clinical vision of a world where signs no longer refer to anything except themselves. The book is a collection of two distinct parts, each with its own unique perspective. The first part, "The Procession of Simulacra," was initially published in Simulacre et Simulations (1981) and is a provocative exploration of the concept of simulations. The second part, written earlier and in a more academic tone, provides a genealogy of the three orders of appearance, including the Counterfeit, Production, and Simulation. Published in 1983, Simulations was compiled as the first little black book of Semiotext(e)'s Foreign Agents Series. The book opens with a quote from Ecclesiastes, asserting that "the simulacrum is true," a notion that is both apocryphal and central to Baudrillard's thesis.

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