The famous postmodernist thinker turns detective to investigate the murder of reality.

ldquo;Rarely do words convey such urgency as on a page by Baudrillard.”—Los Angeles Times

“Prophet of the apocalypse, hysterical lyricist of panic, obsessive recounter of the desolation of the postmodern scene and the hottest property on the New York intellectual circuit.”—Guardian

“The most important French thinker of the past twenty years.”—J.G. Ballard

“A sharp-shooting lone ranger of the post-Marxist left.”—New York Times

Autorentext
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) began teaching sociology at the Université de Paris-X in 1966. He retired from academia in 1987 to write books and travel until his death in 2007. His many works include Simulations and Simulacra, America, The Perfect Crime, The System of Objects, Passwords, The Transparency of Evil, The Spirit of Terrorism, and Fragments, among others.

Klappentext

The thinker whose work constitutes some of the founding documents of postmodern theory turns detective to investigate the murder of reality.

Zusammenfassung
The famous postmodernist thinker turns detective to investigate the murder of reality.