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    Introducing Baudrillard: A Graphic Guide

    By Chris Horrocks and Zoran Jetvic

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    Illustrated guide to the controversial sociologist Jean Baudrillard, who died in 2007. Did the Gulf War take place? Is it possible to fake a bank robbery? Was sexual liberation a disaster? Jean Baudrillard has been hailed as one of France's most subtle and powerful theorists. But his provocative style and assaults on sociology, feminism and Marxism have exposed him to accusations of promoting a dangerous new orthodoxy - of being the 'pimp' of postmodernism. Introducing Baudrillard cuts beneath the controversy of this misunderstood intellectual to present his radical claims that reality has been replaced by a simulated world of images and events ranging from TV news to Disneyland. It provides a clear account of Baudrillard's work on obesity, pornography and terrorism and traces his development from critic of mass consumption to prophet of the apocalypse. Chris Horrocks' text and Zoran Jevtic?s artwork invite us to decide whether Baudrillard was a cure for the vertigo of contemporary culture - or one of its symptoms
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIcon Books
    Release dateJun 18, 2015
    ISBN9781848319844
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      I admire anyone who feels that they can explain Baudrillard in 175 pages of comic book! Does this work?Yes, on the whole, I think that it does. Nobody is going to read an introduction to this philosopher and say, "Yes, I get it."This tome leaves me, with a muddy understanding of his thoughts , and a desire to learn more: what more can be expected on any 'Beginner's Guide'?