Jean Baudrillard: Live Theory (Live Theory Series)

193 Pages·2004·3.37 MB·English

by  Paul Hegarty

Jean Baudrillard:
Live Theory
Paul Hegarty
Continuum
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L O N D O N • N E W Y O R K
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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: HB: 0-8264-6282-0
PB: 0-8264-6283-9
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hegarty, Paul, 1954-
Jean Baudrillard : live theory / Paul Hegarty.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8264-6282-0 - ISBN 0-8264-6283-9 (pbk.)
1. Baudrillard, Jean. 2. Philosophers-France. I. Title.
B2430.B33974H44 2004
194-dc22 2003068809
Typeset by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Manchester.
Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall
For Jo
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Note on References xi
Introduction 1
1 System and Exchange: From Marxism to the Symbolic 13
2 Simulation and the Decay of the Real 49
3 Other than Simulation 68
4 Geopolitics of the Real 91
5 Objects of Culture 112
6 Interview with Jean Baudrillard 134
7 Before and After Baudrillard 150
8 Conclusion: Singularity 161
Bibliography 165
Index 175
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Acknowledgements
Many people have contributed to the existence of this book, con-
sciously or otherwise. I wish to thank the following in particular:
Graham Allen, Jackie Clarke, Pat Crowley, Mike Gane, Malcolm
Garrard, Gary Genosko, Martin Halliwell, Colin Harrison,
Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, Caitriona Leahy, Dave Murray,
Joanne O'Brien, Tony O'Connor, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Keith
Reader, Judith Still, Stephen Walker, Alex Walsh and John
Younge.
Special thanks to Tristan Palmer and Hywel Evans at
Continuum.
For his acute observations and daemonic hyphen-cutting,
thanks again to Graham Allen.
Thanks, finally, to Jean Baudrillard for his time, generosity and
interest.