Contributions

  • Witwer, Julia. - Contributor

Publication

2000 - Columbia University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

25,500 words, Guess

Page Count

102 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number00034567
  • LibraryThing301439
  • Goodreads37329

Classifications

  • DDC194
  • LCCBD331 .B287 2000

Description

""Aren't we actually sick of sex, of difference, of emancipation, of culture?" With this provocative taunt, Jean Baudrillard challenges us to face up to our deadly, technologically empowered renunciation of mortality and subjectivity as he grapples with the complex issues that define our postmillenial world. What does the advent and proliferation of cloning mean for our sense of ourselves as human beings? What does the turn of the millenium say about our relation to time and history? What does the instantaneous, virutal realm of cyberspace do to reality? In The Vital Illusion, Baudrillard leads his readers to some surprising conclusions."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Wellek Library lectures

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