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Jean Baudrillard: The Disappearance of Culture - Head Work

by Richard G. Smith, David B. Clarke

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Originally published between 1968 and 2009, this collection of 25 pieces includes six interviews translated into English for the first time and a new transcription of a Q&A session with Baudrillard following a lecture he gave in London in 1994. The guiding theme of the collection is Baudrillard’s engagement with culture. The implications of the implosion of Western culture are dissected and documented in the rich range of material included here. ; Originally published between 1968 and 2009, this collection of 25 pieces includes six interviews translated into English for the first time and a new transcription of a Q&A session with Baudrillard following a lecture he gave in London in 1994. The guiding theme of the collection is Baudrillard’s engagement with culture. ; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Baudrillard Unplugged; Interview 1 Is Transgression a Mode of Political Action?; Interview 2 Dropping Out of History; Interview 3 Catastrophic, but Not Serious; Interview 4 The Apathy of the Masses; Interview 5 The Transparency of Kitsch; Interview 6 Baudrillard Shrugs: Terrorism and the Media; Interview 7 Strange World; Interview 8 The Ex-termination of the Real; Interview 9 La Commedia dell’Arte; Interview 10 From Popular Culture to Mass Culture; Interview 11 The Ecstasy of Photography; Interview 12 Baudrillard’s List; Interview 13 Viral and Metaleptic; Interview 14 The Homeopathic Disappearance of Architecture; Interview 15 For Illusion; Interview 16 Impossible and Unexchangeable; Interview 17 The Art of Disappearance; Interview 18 Solutions for a Post-technological Society; Interview 19 Apropos of Utopie; Interview 20 The Murder of Reality; Interview 21 Alterity as Fate; Interview 22 Artificiality and Seduction; Interview 23 The Roots of Evil; Interview 24 The Mirror of Photojournalism; Interview 25 Hoping to Resolve the Irresolvable; Select Journal Special/Theme Issues/Sections on Jean Baudrillard in English; Select Books on Jean Baudrillard in English; Name Index; Subject Index. ; AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Baudrillard Unplugged Interview 1: Is Transgression a Mode of Political Action?Interview 2: Dropping Out of HistoryInterview 3: Catastrophic, but Not SeriousInterview 4: The Apathy of the MassesInterview 5: The Transparency of KitschInterview 6: Baudrillard Shrugs: Terrorism and the MediaInterview 7: Strange WorldInterview 8: The Ex-termination of the RealInterview 9: La Commedia dell’ArteInterview 10: From Popular Culture to Mass CultureInterview 11: The Ecstasy of PhotographyInterview 12: Baudrillard’s ListInterview 13: Viral and MetalepticInterview 14: The Homeopathic Disappearance of ArchitectureInterview 15: For IllusionInterview 16: Impossible and UnexchangeableInterview 17: The Art of DisappearanceInterview 18: Solutions for a Post-technological SocietyInterview 19: Apropos of UtopieInterview 20: The Murder of RealityInterview 21: Alterity as FateInterview 22: Artificiality and SeductionInterview 23: The Roots of EvilInterview 24: The Mirror of PhotojournalismInterview 25: Hoping to Resolve the Irresolvable Select Journal Special/Theme Issues/Sections on Jean Baudrillard in EnglishSelect Books on Jean Baudrillard in EnglishName IndexSubject Index
Jean Baudrillard: The Disappearance of Culture

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Richard G. Smith is Associate Professor in Human Geography at Swansea University. He is co-editor of Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories (Routledge, 2009); The Baudrillard Dictionary (EUP, 2010); Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance, Uncollected Interviews (EUP, 2015); and, Jean Baudrillard: The Disappearance of Culture, Uncollected Interviews (EUP, 2017).; 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).

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