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A review by ajmcwhinney
Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard
3.0
I strongly disagree with Baudrillard's totalizing view of the social as simulacra/ simulation; while he might make some good descriptive claims on the symptoms of postmodernity, he extrapolates them to the entirety of the social. The real still exists, and representation/meaning still operates... Just not everywhere.
The best essay here is "The Animals: Territory and Metamorpheses" (an interesting critique of psychoanalysis in terms of Western conceptions of the animal). Mostly everything else is a nice curiosity and sort of fun to read.
The best essay here is "The Animals: Territory and Metamorpheses" (an interesting critique of psychoanalysis in terms of Western conceptions of the animal). Mostly everything else is a nice curiosity and sort of fun to read.