Jean Baudrillard

Jean Baudrillard: Postmodernism 1] Historical Context Postmodern theory emerged at the end of the enlightenment period in Europe. The roots of postmodern theory are within the switch from traditional societies where magic and religion were the main sources of explanation for social phenomena to a new meta-narrative which was, science and ration thought. Meta-narratives are beliefs that offer people hope and guidance they are the “big story” and it represents an explanation for everything. A key event that pushed the shift from modern to postmodern were the events in France in In May 1968 there were protests, sit ins and riots that brought the economy of France to a stand-still. The French Social revolution changed the education system as well.…

Jean Baudrillard The Hyper-realism of Simulation In Baudrillard's essay “The Hyper-realism of Simulation (originally published in 1976), He stresses that the use of media, signs, and symbols has overloaded our culture to the point that “reality itself, as something separable from signs of it …vanished in the information-saturated, media-dominated contemporary world” (J.Baudrillard, 2006). Mass Media i.e television, photography, and advertising have shaped and our human interaction and…

A famous French postmodernist philosopher, known as Jean Baudrillard, once said that the consumerist decision today is characterized generally not by the cost of a specific item, but rather by its typically added worth. This additional quality relies on upon the symbol which it portrays; the more appealing the image is, the higher the additional worth is, which can surpass generation costs ten times and that's only the tip of the iceberg. As of right now, the most widely recognized value…

Frenchman smiles to himself. “I believe Da Vinci’s Lady would say the same things about you.” He reflects, stroking his mustache. The youth bristles. “Excuse me?” The Frenchman smiles. “Mon’Amie, the paintings hanging in this museum pronounce the same sentence upon you as you do them. Yes indeed, the lady has weighed you, and found you lacking.” He reflects pensively before walking away. Thomas Jefferson once remarked, “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and…

Don DeLillo’s White Noise, is a quintessential postmodern novel. DeLillo’s novel focuses on a society that has become hyperreal. The real no longer exists in White Noise, it has just become an image that no longer has a true reality. Many of the themes are ones of images becoming something else entirely. Jean Baudrillard and Fredric Jameson theories relate to DeLillo’s postmodern consumer society and how signs create a hyperreality. Baudrillard’s post-humanist theory of the simulacra is showing…

In reality it is just another marketing gimmick. Paragraph 2: conspicuous consumption It is the nature of our capitalism based societies, that essentially everything can be made into a marketable commodity. This is made easier with technological advances. The body has thus evolved from being almost utilitarian in quality to being an object of consumerism. When the body becomes a marketable product, it becomes subject to reification (viewed from a Marxist perspective as being the…

2. The Crying of Lot 49: modernism or postmodernism? In my arguing that The Crying of Lot 49 can also be construed as a late-modernist text, I will turn to Harvey’s essay ‘The Cry from Within or Without? Pynchon and the Modern – Postmodern Divide’ where he fervently argues against McHale’s ‘claim’ that The Crying of Lot 49 is fundamentally a modernist text by presenting two core arguments relating to a) intertextuality and b) Oedipa’s search for truth. Before I will dispute any arguments of…

episode, ‘Bob Fires the Kids’, Bob comments that he cannot afford to hire outside help to run Bob’s Burgers, hence why he forces his children to help work the restaurant. Additionally, in the episode, ‘An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal’, the plot centers around how the Belchers could make additional money outside the restaurant business. Bob’s rent-hungry landlord, Mr. Fischoeder, enlist the Belchers in a chance to cut 5 months of the restaurants rent by helping him with his own Thanksgiving…

looked right, and considering Singapore’s year round humidity; if I was going to perspire too much in my clothes. However, when I arrived in New York, getting dressed became a breeze. I noticed that I gravitated towards a standard “uniform” consisting of a T-shirt in white, black, or grey and a pair of jeans. In addition, I also realised that one, people in New York are almost always in black, and two; that no one really cares what you wear, or how you look. My question is what caused this…

Imagine Brittany Spears and Justin Timberlake wearing denim head to toe, thriving in a new trend at the American Music Awards. Exactly fifteen years ago these two stepped out in their bold, blue jeans. Denim trends have been altered and portrayed differently for years, yet the popularity and attraction of denim seems to always reappear. Whether celebrities or street style was the source of influence, denim continuously occurs in new and innovative ways. The most common denim trends for fall of…