Jean Baudrillard facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jean Baudrillard
Baudrillard in 2004 at the European Graduate School
Born	(1929-07-27)27 July 1929 Reims, France
Died	6 March 2007(2007-03-06) (aged 77) Paris, France
Alma mater	University of Paris
Era	20th-/21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Western Marxism post-Marxism post-structuralism postmodernism
Institutions	Paris X Nanterre European Graduate School
Doctoral advisor	Henri Lefebvre
Main interests	Mass media postmodernity
Notable ideas	Hyperreality sign value simulacra desert of the real
Influences Karl Marx • Marcel Mauss • Marshall McLuhan • Alfred Jarry • Ferdinand de Saussure • Roland Barthes • Michel Foucault • Guy Debord • Henri Lefebvre • Georges Bataille • Friedrich Nietzsche • Soren Kierkegaard • Jorge Luis Borges • Thorstein Veblen
Influenced Sophie Calle • Gerald Vizenor • The Wachowskis • Cody Wilson • Gilles Lipovetsky • Slavoj Žižek  • Nick Land • Mario Perniola  • Byung-Chul Han

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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  Grave of Jean Baudrillard with flowers and vines planted and growing over it in Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France.