Occasionally provocative and almost always infuriating ... America is filled with perceptive, almost poetic observations.

Rolling Stone

Since de Tocqueville, French thinkers have been fascinated with America. But when it comes to mysterious paradoxes and lyrical complexity no French intellectual matches Jean Baudrillard in contemplating the New World.

The New York Times

A mixture of crazy notions and dead-on insights, <i>America</i> is a valuable (and voluble) picture of what Mr. Baudrillard calls 'the only remaining primitive society' ... ours.

The New York Times Book Review

From the sierras of New Mexico to the streets of New York and LA by night-"a sort of luminous, geometric, incandescent immensity"-Baudrillard mixes aperçus and observations with a wicked sense of fun to provide a unique insight into the country that dominates our world. In this new edition, leading cultural critic and novelist Geoff Dyer offers a thoughtful and perceptive take on the continued resonance of Baudrillard's America.
Les mer
New edition of this classic study of the US, with a new introduction by Geoff Dyer.
"A sharp-shooting Lone Ranger of the post-Marxist left." -<i>New York Times</i>

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781844676828
Publisert
2010-09-20
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
151 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
160

Forfatter
Introduction by
Oversetter

Biographical note

Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) began teaching sociology at the Université de Paris-X in 1966. He retired from academia in 1987 to write books and travel until his death in 2007.