Name: The Spirit of Terrorism (Radical Thinkers Series 7)
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Author: Jean Baudrillard
ISBN: 9781781680209

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The Spirit of Terrorism (Radical Thinkers Series 7)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jean Baudrillard

Publisher

Verso

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

ISBN

1781680205

ISBN13

9781781680209

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Spirit of Terrorism (Radical Thinkers Series 7) "

Baudrillard sees the power of the terrorists as lying in the symbolism of slaughter--not merely the reality of death, but in a sacrifice that challenges the whole system. Where previously the old revolutionary sought to conduct a struggle between real forces in the context of ideology and politics, the new terrorist mounts a powerful symbolic challenge which, when combined with high-tech resources, constitutes an unprecedented assault on an over-sophisticated and vulnerable West. This new edition is up-dated with the essays "Hypotheses on Terrorism" and "Violence of the Global."

Jean Baudrillard

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Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist, philosopher, and essayist, known for his critical analysis of mass culture, consumption, and media. His work falls within philosophical and sociological essays, with a provocative and speculative style that has widely influenced contemporary thought. A professor at the University of Paris X Nanterre, he was a key figure in postmodernism and simulation theory.

Among his most important works are Simulacra and Simulation (1981), The Transparency of Evil (1990), The Perfect Crime (1995), and The Total Screen (1996). He was the sole author of these texts, which have become benchmarks for understanding cultural transformations in the age of media and virtuality.

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