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Simulacrum: For Baudrillard, a simulacrum is a copy without an original. It is a sign that refers to nothing but itself. Baudrillard argues that we live in a world of simulacra, where images and representations have replaced reality. See also World, Reality, Fiction, Pictures, Signs, Imagination, Knowledge, Certainty._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jean Baudrillard on Simulacrum - Dictionary of Arguments
Blask I 26 Simulacra = are artificial worlds of signs. Baudrillard: Order of the Simulacra: 1st order: (Renaissance) Imitation, pretense, automat 2nd order: (industrial revolution) production/reproduction, robot 3rd order: (Present) There is random permutation. Negation is integrated. There is total relativity. There is no choice. All answers are already there. Blask I 29 Def Simulation/Baudrillard: simulation is that irresistible process, in which things are linked together as if they had a meaning. It eliminates the principle of truth and thus the semantic equivalence between the signifier and the signified. >Simulation, >Robots, >Truth, >Synonymy, >Sign, >Symbol, >Renaissance, >Relativism._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Baud I J. Baudrillard Simulacra and Simulation (Body, in Theory: Histories) Ann Arbor 1994 Baud II Jean Baudrillard Symbolic Exchange and Death, London 1993 German Edition: Der symbolische Tausch und der Tod Berlin 2009 Blask I Falko Blask Jean Baudrillard zur Einführung Hamburg 2013 |