[Commlist] New book: Jean Baudrillard

New book:
Emmanuelle Fantin and Bran Nicol, 2025. /Jean Baudrillard/. London: 
Reaktion Books, collection Critical Lives. ISBN‏ : ‎9781836391432. 226pp.

Further information:https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/jean-baudrillard 
<https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/jean-baudrillard>

Jean Baudrillard, once hailed as a ‘historian of the future’, remains a 
vital figure for understanding modern life. Famous for ideas like 
‘simulation’ and the ‘hyperreal’, linked to postmodernism and /The 
Matrix/, Baudrillard was both celebrated and controversial, known for 
bold pronouncements about events like the Gulf War and 9/11. Yet the man 
himself was enigmatic, leading a public life while remaining personally 
elusive.
This first biography in English explores Baudrillard’s life and work, 
tracing his journey from the early years and French intellectual 
prominence to his global influence as a thinker, photographer and public 
intellectual. Using newly uncovered material, it provides fresh insights 
into his major works and ideas, offering readers a clear guide to his 
singular, uncompromising philosophy.

Table of contents:

Introduction: The Disappearance of Jean Baudrillard
1 Belonging and Breaking Away, 1929–66
2 Objects and Objections, 1966–70
3 Becoming ‘Baudrillard’: Seductions and Provocations, 1970–79
4 Life on the Other Side: Art and America, 1980–86
5 ‘My own strange world’: Baudrillard’s Alternative 1980s
6 Total Freedom, 1990–2004
Conclusion: Beyond

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