Intelligence of Evil or the Lucidity Pact
«'A compelling analysis of what Washington has been pleased to call the global war on terror.' Times Literary Supplement'When it comes to mysterious paradoxes and lyrical complexity no French intellectual matches Jean Baudrillard in contemplating the New World a sharp-shooting Lone Ranger of the post-Marxist left.' New York Times'An international, intellectual superstar.' Salon.com'Baudrillard foresaw the allure of virtual reality long before William Gibson; he was in the vanguard of Marxian critiques of modern consumerism; before it became fashionable, he wrote a scintillating analysis of man's sentimental exploitation of animals. Baudrillard got there first, many times. And now his self-imposed task isto shock us into realising that thought and the world need not be as they are.' The Guardian'The most notorious intellectual celebrity to emerge from Paris since Roland Barthes and the most influential prophet of the media since Marshal McLuhan.'i-D magazine'Th»
We are at war. Human cultures are divided into two basic types, two antagonistic forces, one based on symbolic exchange, which is dual and reciprocal, and one based on money and sign exchange, which is totalising. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Berg Publishers
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 208
- ISBN
- 9781845203276
- Utgivelsesår
- 2005
- Format
- 19 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«'A compelling analysis of what Washington has been pleased to call the global war on terror.' Times Literary Supplement'When it comes to mysterious paradoxes and lyrical complexity no French intellectual matches Jean Baudrillard in contemplating the New World a sharp-shooting Lone Ranger of the post-Marxist left.' New York Times'An international, intellectual superstar.' Salon.com'Baudrillard foresaw the allure of virtual reality long before William Gibson; he was in the vanguard of Marxian critiques of modern consumerism; before it became fashionable, he wrote a scintillating analysis of man's sentimental exploitation of animals. Baudrillard got there first, many times. And now his self-imposed task isto shock us into realising that thought and the world need not be as they are.' The Guardian'The most notorious intellectual celebrity to emerge from Paris since Roland Barthes and the most influential prophet of the media since Marshal McLuhan.'i-D magazine'Th»