Simulacra Explained: Jean Baudrillard's Theory of Simulation
Simulacra Explained: Jean Baudrillard's Theory of Simulation
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In 2001 everyone knew what terrorism was; in 2026 everyone’s a terrorist. The US regime has broadened the sign “terrorist” to include all opposition, from acts of mild disobedience, to Foreign Leaders, and the entire opposition party.
Though the signifier “terrorist” has always been floating, either meaning too much or too little, such that Nelson Mandela was simultaneously a global symbol of social justice and a terrorist. As this year is the 25th anniversary of 9/11, it is worth remembering that Jean Baudrillard had already predicted 9/11 and it’s aftermath way back in the 1970s when he wrote “Symbolic Exchange and Death.” We are only now catching up to his prophecies.
Cited:
Marcel Mauss. The Gift.
Jean Baudrillard. Symbolic Exchange and Death.
Jean Baudrillard. The Spirit of Terrorism.
0:00 Terrorist is a Sign
22:28 Everyone’s a Terrorist
24:09 Terrorism Doesn’t Exist
32:50 Terrorists Blow Sh*t Up
34:05 Everyone’s A Terrorist (now)
40:06 What 9/11 Really Meant
1:13:28 The Gift of Terror
1:28:07 Baudrillard was right about Everything

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Next time students ask me for an example of #simulacrum, I will point to this.
Was "wir" für Realität halten, kann nur eine (reproduzierte) Hyperrealität sein.
Todo acontecimiento tiene un final pero, ese final no siempre significa un cierre... El dispositivo que convierte la crisis en espectáculo y el espectáculo en herramienta de gobierno, persiste, porque persiste el sistema que lo acepta y lo reconoce como elemento útil.
#Sociedadesperformativas #Scrollinfinito #Baudrillard
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pUegIOxtLOA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uL_JFNSRZHc&pp=0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv
*Wir erleben nicht mehr das Drama der Entfremdung, wir erleben die Ekstase der Kommunikation.* Und diese Ekstase ist obszön. Obszön ist das, was jeglichem Blick, jeglichem Bild, jeglicher Repräsentation ein Ende macht. Nicht allein das Sexuelle wird obszön, es gibt heute eine ganze Pornographie der Information und Kommunikation, [...]
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Foto/Titelseite der Quelle: J. #Baudrillard (1929-2007): Das Andere selbst, Wien 1994 #Philosophie #Medien
*Nous ne sommes plus dans le drame de l'aliénation, nous sommes dans l'extase de la communication.* Et cet extase est obscène. Obscène est ce qui met fin à tout regard, à toute image, à toute représentation. Il n'y a pas que le sexuel qui devienne obscène, il y a aujourd'hui toute une pornographie de l'information et de la communication, [...]
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Photo / source du texte: Jean #Baudrillard (1929-2007): "L'autre par lui même" Paris 1987 #philosophie #médias