América

jean baudrillard joaquim jordà

Este libro intenta mostrar que el misterio de la realidad americana va más allá de nuestra ficción y de nuestras afirmaciones. Es el misterio de una sociedad que no se arrepiente de sí misma y que, en el fondo, tampoco intenta darle un sentido o una identidad.

Genres philosophynonfictiontravelsociologytheoryfranceessaysamericanthe united states of americapolitics

172 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1986

This edition

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover
Published: October 1, 1997 by Editorial Anagrama
ISBN: 9788433925053
ASIN: 8433925059
Language: Spanish; Castilian

About the author

jean baudrillard

Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist, philosopher and poet, with 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 most well-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. Nevertheless, Baudrillard had also opposed post-structuralism, and had distanced himself from postmodernism.