Introducing Baudrillard (French Philosopher)

Icon, 1999, illustrated , index, 176 pages, condition: new.

Christopher Horrocks is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Design at Kingston University. His books include Introducing Baudrillard and Baudrillard and the Millennium (both published by Icon/Totem).

Jean Baudrillard (1929  2007) was a French sociologist and philosopher with an interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as well as his formulation of concepts such as hyperreality. Baudrillard wrote about diverse subjects, including consumerism, critique of economy, social history, aesthetics, Western foreign policy, and popular culture. Among his most well-known works are Seduction (1978), Simulacra and Simulation (1981), America (1986), and The Gulf War Did Not Take Place (1991). His work is frequently associated with postmodernism and specifically post-structuralism. Nevertheless, Baudrillard had also opposed post-structuralism, and had distanced himself from postmodernism.

                                                                                        Basically ''Baudeillard for Beginners", in 'graphic novel' format.