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Jean Baudrillard (French: [ʒɑ̃ bodʁijaʁ], UK: / ˈ b oʊ d r ɪ j ɑːr /, US: / ˌ b oʊ d r i ˈ ɑːr /, ; 27 July 1929 – 6 March 2007) was a French sociologist, philosopher and poet, with interest in cultural studies.
Apr 22, 2005 · Associated with postmodern and poststructuralist theory, Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) is difficult to situate in relation to traditional and contemporary philosophy. His work combines philosophy, social theory, and an idiosyncratic cultural metaphysics that reflects on key events and phenomena of the epoch.
Apr 29, 2024 · Jean Baudrillard (born July 29, 1929, Reims, France—died March 6, 2007, Paris) was a French sociologist and cultural theorist whose theoretical ideas of “hyperreality” and “simulacrum” influenced literary theory and philosophy, especially in the United States, and spread into popular culture.
Feb 26, 2018 · In a society dominated by production, Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) argues, the difference between use-value and exchange-value has some pertinence. Certainly, for a time, Marx was able to provide a relatively plausible explanation of the growth of capitalism using just these categories.
Jean Baudrillard, né le 27 juillet 1929 à Reims et mort le 6 mars 2007 à Paris, est un philosophe français théoricien de la société contemporaine, connu surtout pour ses analyses des modes de médiation et de communication de la postmodernité.
Simulacra and Simulation (French: Simulacres et Simulation) is a 1981 philosophical treatise by the philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, in which he seeks to examine the relationships between reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of culture and media involved in constructing an ...
A transdisciplinary thinker, Jean Baudrillard could be described as a philosopher, critical theorist, and sociologist—and at the same time none of these. At different times in his life, he would label himself a pataphysician, situationist, even “abreactionary.”
Mar 28, 2018 · Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) was a prolific writer, the author of over thirty major works, and he influenced many academic disciplines including communication studies, sociology, political theory, media and cultural studies, art and photography, and design and architecture.
Since his untimely death on 6 March 2007, at the age of 77, Jean Baudrillard’s work has, perhaps inevitably, slipped from the kind of mainstream prominence that once routinely drew not only academics but also artists and journalists into its orbit.
Apr 24, 2008 · On 6 March 2007, Jean Baudrillard died in Paris at the age of 77 after a long fight with cancer. Associated with postmodern and poststructuralist theory, Baudrillard is difficult to situate in rela...
