Bishop Baudrillard Now

Current Perspectives in Baudrillard Studies
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-5919-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Polity Theory Now

The writings of Jean Baudrillard have dramatically altered the faceof critical theory and promise to pose challenges well into the21st century. His work on simulation, media, the status of theimage, the system of objects, hyperreality, and informationtechnology continues to influence intellectual work in a diverseset of fields. This volume uniquely provides overviews ofBaudrillards career while also simultaneously including examples ofcurrent works on and with Baudrillard that engage some of the manyand varied ways Baudrillard's work is being addressed, deployed,and critiqued in the present. As such, it offers chapters useful tothe novice and the well-versed in critical theory and BaudrillardStudies alike. Contributors to the volume include John Armitage,John Beck, Ryan Bishop, Doug Kellner, John Phillips and MarkPoster.
No less controversial today than he was in the past, Baudrillardcontinues to divide intellectuals and academicians, an issue thisvolume addresses by re-engaging the writing itself without fallinginto either simplistic dismissal or solipsistic cheerleading, butrather by taking the fecundity operative in the thought and meetingits consistent challenge. Baudrillard Now provokes sustainedinteraction with one of philosophy?s most important, provocativeand stimulating thinkers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bishop

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The End of Baudrillard and Beyond
Ryan Bishop 1
1 Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007): A Critical Overview
Douglas Kellner 17
2 Baudrillard and the Evil Genius
Ryan Bishop and John Phillips 28
3 Baudrillard, Death, and Cold War Theory
Ryan Bishop 47
4 Swan's Way: Care of Self in the Hyperreal
Mark Poster 72
5 Et in Arizona Ego: Baudrillard on the Planet of the Apes
John Beck 100
6 Pursuit in Paris
John Armitage 116
7 What is a Tank?
Ryan Bishop and John Phillips 136
8 Some Reflections on Baudrillard's "On Disappearance"
Douglas Kellner 154
9 Humanity's End
John Phillips 159
Index 172

Über Autor(innen)

Ryan Bishop is professor of global arts and politics at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton.