The writings of Jean Baudrillard have dramatically altered the faceof critical theory and promise to pose challenges well into the21st century. His work on simulation, media, the status of theimage, the system of objects, hyperreality, and informationtechnology continues to influence intellectual work in a diverseset of fields. This volume uniquely provides overviews ofBaudrillards career while also simultaneously including examples ofcurrent works on and with Baudrillard that engage some of the manyand varied ways Baudrillard's work is being addressed, deployed,and critiqued in the present. As such, it offers chapters useful tothe novice and the well-versed in critical theory and BaudrillardStudies alike. Contributors to the volume include John Armitage,John Beck, Ryan Bishop, Doug Kellner, John Phillips and MarkPoster.
No less controversial today than he was in the past, Baudrillardcontinues to divide intellectuals and academicians, an issue thisvolume addresses by re-engaging the writing itself without fallinginto either simplistic dismissal or solipsistic cheerleading, butrather by taking the fecundity operative in the thought and meetingits consistent challenge. Baudrillard Now provokes sustainedinteraction with one of philosophy?s most important, provocativeand stimulating thinkers.