Baudrillard: Critical and Fatal Theory

by Mike Gane

Baudrillard has become widely identified as a powerful and enigmatic new force in cultural and social criticism. This book aims to articulate a detached assessment of his thought and reputation. This book should be of interest to students of social theory, philosophy, cultural studies, and postmodernism.

260 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

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An early book on Baudrillard that assesses the scholarship to that point and attempts to make sense of symbolic exchange and fatal strategies. While considerate and cautious with Baudrillard (unlike his contemporaries at the time), Gane's writing and argument is loose and not at all clear, making this book inferior in most respects to his Baudrillard's Bestiary.

[Charles · Rating 2 out of 5]

Review published in Criticism 35.2 (1993): 295-298.