America

by Jean Baudrillard

Paperback

Published December 1, 2010

About the author

Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist, philosopher and poet, with interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as well as his formulation of concepts such as hyperreality. Baudrillard wrote about diverse subjects, including consumerism, critique of economy, social history, aesthetics, Western foreign policy, and popular culture. Among his most well-known works are Seduction (1978), Simulacra and Simulation (1981), America (1986), and The Gulf War Did Not Take Place (1991). His work is frequently associated with postmodernism and specifically post-structuralism. Nevertheless, Baudrillard had also opposed post-structuralism, and had distanced himself from postmodernism.

Reviews

[Marion Sieg · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first time for me reading Jean Baudrillard. I enjoyed very much the poetry of the sentences, the beautiful descriptions of feelings on the astonishing nature and urban areas of NY and the south west of the US mostly.
However some of the opinions about Americans or certain explanations around Europe vs US were not totally justified in my opinion. Interesting point of vue nonetheless, I take some stuff with me and will leave some to Jean Baudrillard.