Jean Baudrillard fatal theories / [electronic resource] : edited by David B. Clarke ... [et al.]. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2009. - 1 online resource (xv, 204 p.) - International library of sociology .

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the evil genius of Jean Baudrillard / David B. Clarke, Marcus A. Doel, William Merrin, and Richard G. Smith -- The vanishing point of communication / Jean Baudrillard -- On disappearance / Jean Baudrillard -- Commentaries on Jean Baudrillard's'On disappearance' / Rex Butler, David B. Clarke, Marcus A. Doel, Gary Genosko, Douglas Kellner, Mark Poster, Richard G. Smith, Andrew Wernick -- Baudrillard's taste / Rex Butler -- Floral tributes, binge-drinking and the Ikea riot considered as an up-hill bicycle race / William Merrin -- Better than butter : margarine and simulation / Gary Genosko -- Baudrillard and the art conspiracy / Douglas Kellner --'Mirror, mirror' : The student of Prague in Baudrillard, Kracauer and Kittler / Graeme Gilloch -- The Gulf War revisited / Philip Hammond -- Fate of the animal / Paul Hegarty -- Reality, now and then : Baudrillard and W-Bush's America / Diane Rubenstein -- Baudrillard's sense of humour / Mike Gane -- The (un)sealing of the penultimate / Andrew Wernick.

9780203927052 (electronic bk.) 0203927052 (electronic bk.) 9780415464420 (hardback) 0415464420 (hardback) 6611787291 (electronic bk.) 9786611787295 (electronic bk.)

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Baudrillard, jean, 1929-2007.


Sociology--Philosophy.
Postmodernism--Social aspects.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

HM585 / .J43 2009eb

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