Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance: Uncollected Interviews - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748694293 ISBN 13: 9780748694297

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2015

Synopsis

23 collected interviews with the renowned French philosopher and cultural commentator, Jean Baudrillard

This new collection gathers 23 highly insightful yet previously difficult-to-find interviews with Baudrillard, ranging over topics as diverse as art, war, technology, globalisation, terrorism and the fate of humanity.

From familiar themes to the less well understood aspects of his thought, these interviews give you an overview of Baudrillard's ideas without the jargon typical of written texts. Read as Baudrillard himself discusses, explains and elaborates on his ideas, making this collection essential for understanding many of his other works.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard G. Smith is Associate Professor in Human Geography at Swansea University.

David B. Clarke is Professor of Human Geography at Swansea University. He is co-editor of Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories (Routledge, 2009) and The Consumption Reader (Routledge, 2003). He is the author of The Consumer Society and the Postmodern City (Routledge, 2003).

Review:

"This is an excellent companion for the initiated. There is an opportunity to read into the person who produced books like Simulacra and Simulation and The Gulf War Did Not Take Place. Smith and Clarke have produced a text that was an absolute joy to read for a Baudrillard fan, while also improving my understanding of his work and my appreciation of his abilities." --Jeff Heydon, Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Toronto, Marx & Philosophy Review of Books

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0748694293
• ISBN 13: 9780748694297
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Smith Richard G., Clarke David B.