by Jean Baudrillard · Editorial Kairós · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472451421
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«Cultura y simulacro» is a book of philosophical essays by Jean Baudrillard, published by Editorial Kairós in paperback (194 pages, in Spanish).
Jean Baudrillard examines hyperreality: simulacra and images replace the real until it disappears. 'The Precession of Simulacra' and 'The Beaubourg Effect' analyze this logic; 'In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities' and 'The End of the Social' address the dissolution of society into indifferent masses.
For readers interested in contemporary philosophy, postmodern theory, and cultural criticism.
Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist and philosopher with an interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as well as his formulation of concepts such as hyperreality. Baudrillard wrote about diverse subjects, including consumerism, critique of economy, social history, aesthetics, Western foreign policy, and popular culture. Among his best-known works are Forget Foucault (1977), 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. Nevertheless, Baudrillard had also opposed post-structuralism, and had distanced himself from postmodernism.
