February 09, 2010
Reading from Simulacra & Simulations
Posted by: admin : Category: Philosophy
A reading of passages from the first chapter of Simulacra and Simulations by Jean Baudrillard, attempting to make sense of some of the basic concepts applied by the French philosopher through the use of examples, both from the book, as from current affairs.
Touches on various subjects, such as the use of crises to rejuvenate the real (watergate, 9/11, the current economic crisis), the blur of truth and fiction (and the resulting explosion of the interpretation of modern day events, such as conspiracy theory), nuclear weapons and the death of the social.
