03/08/07: Jean Baudrillard - RIP

Posted by: Throwing_Muses


The Associated Press Published: March 6, 2007

PARIS: French philosopher Jean Baudrillard, a social theorist known for his provocative commentaries on consumerism, excess and what he said was the disappearance of reality, died Tuesday, his publishing house said. He was 77.

...Baudrillard, a sociologist by training, is perhaps best known for his concepts of "hyperreality" and "simulation."


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