Pataphysics

by Jean Baudrillard, Simon Watson Taylor (Translator)

Letterpress-printed on handmade paper. 177 numbered copies. 44 numbered copies, signed by the author.

14 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

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

[Coline Josephineslibrary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rien de plus pataphysicien, je suppose.

[Kim Moulaire · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ouvrage d'une utilité capitale pour notre bonne comprehension du monde