Jean Baudrillard
French sociologist and philosopher
Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist and philosopher who wrote about media, culture and technology. He formulated the concept of hyperreality.
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French Born 1929 in Reims, France Died 2007
Influenced by Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud
About Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard was born in Reims, France, on 27 July 1929 and died on 6 March 2007. Besides his work as a sociologist and philosopher, he was a cultural theorist, political commentator and photographer. He examined media, modern culture and communication technology, and he developed ideas such as hyperreality. His subjects also included consumerism, economic critique, aesthetics, Western foreign policy and popular culture. Simulacra and Simulation appeared in 1981. His other well-known titles include Seduction, America and The Gulf War Did Not Take Place. His work is often linked with postmodernism and post-structuralism, though he opposed post-structuralism and kept his distance from postmodernism.