Simulacra and simulation /
by Jean Baudrillard ; translated by Sheila Faria Glaser.
- 164 p. ; 23 cm.
- The Body, in theory .
The precession of simulacra --History: a retro scenario --Holocaust --The China Syndrome --Apocalypse Now --The Beaubourg effect: implosion and deterrence --Hypermarket and hypercommodity --The implosion of meaning in the media --Absolute advertising, ground-zero advertising --Clone story --Holograms --Crash --Simulacra and science fiction --The animals: territory and metamorphoses --The remainder --The spiraling cadaver --Value's last tango --On nihilism.