Baudrillard's death did not take place

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23 Mar 07 09:20

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23 Mar 07 09:20

One of the more interesting thinkers around left the building on 6 March:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2028464,00.html

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23 Mar 07 09:34

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
One of the more interesting thinkers around left the building on 6 March:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2028464,00.html

He was never in the building to begin with.

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23 Mar 07 09:36

Originally posted by Palynka
He was never in the building to begin with.

The simulacrum was pretty convincing. A lot of attention to detail.

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23 Mar 07 09:40

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
The simulacrum was pretty convincing. A lot of attention to detail.

Have you read him? I never heard of him before today... It sounds too much off-the-wall for my taste (in philosophy, I mean).

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23 Mar 07 09:51

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Originally posted by Palynka
Have you read him? I never heard of him before today... It sounds too much off-the-wall for my taste (in philosophy, I mean).

I enjoy his fatal theory stuff a great deal--it's very Ballardian. "America" is a great read for anyone.

Some essays here:
http://www.egs.edu/faculty/jeanbaudrillard.html

This is interesting:
http://www.ballardian.com/

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23 Mar 07 12:41

Guy sounds like a big douchebag.

I did not say that. It did not happen.

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23 Mar 07 13:16

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
One of the more interesting thinkers around left the building on 6 March:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2028464,00.html

He was a poseur interested in the aesthetics of ideas, not a philosopher interested in the truth of the world.

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23 Mar 07 13:31

Originally posted by Pawnokeyhole
He was a poseur interested in the aesthetics of ideas, not a philosopher interested in the truth of the world.

A well-balanced period requiring substantiation.

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