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Jean Baudrillard: Selected Writings, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-0-745-62452-5

May 2001

Polity

304 pages

Description
Jean Baudrillard, alternately provocative and astonishing, is one of the leading theorists of media and culture. Regarded by many as the chief prophet of postmodernism, his writings raise important issues about the changing nature of social and political life in our contemporary, media-saturated age.


This book makes his most important writings available in a single volume. It includes selections from the entire range of his work, from his early writings on consumer culture and the political economy of the sign to his more recent work on desire, simulation and the 'hyperreal'.


This new edition includes five new extracts from Baudrillard's writings in the 1990s, including his writings on the Gulf War, on the internet and his autobiographical reflections. It also includes an updated introduction by Mark Poster which provides an extremely lucid overview of Baudrillard's work.




Jean Baudrillard: Selected Writings
is an excellent introduction to the thought of one of the most important and influential thinkers of our day.

About the Author
Jean Baudrillard was born in Reims in 1929 and now lives in Paris. From 1966 to 1987 he taught sociology at the University of Paris X (Nanterre).


Mark Poster is Director of the Film Studies Program and Professor of History at University of California, Irvine

Features
A A wide ranging selection of readings from Baudrillard's work, from his early to his most recent writings
A The new second edition includes 5 new pieces from Baudrillard's work in the 1990s
A Mark Poster provides a clear and up-to-date introduction to the whole corpus of Baudrillard's work