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Jean Baudrillard
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Born | Reims, France
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27 July 1929
Died | 6 March 2007 Paris, France
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(aged 77)
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Era | 20th-/21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
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Doctoral advisor | Henri Lefebvre |
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Jean Baudrillard ( bohd-RIH-yar bohd-REE-ar 27 July 1929 – 6 March 2007) was a French sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as well as his formulation of concepts such as simulation and hyperreality. He wrote about diverse subjects, including consumerism, gender relations, economics, social history, art, Western foreign policy, and popular culture. Among his best 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.
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