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Death: Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. It is the end of the life cycle._____________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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J. Baudrillard on Death - Dictionary of Arguments
Blask I 49 Death/Baudrillard: death must never be understood as a real event in which the purpose of the subject and the value gets lost. It is a bearer and a metaphor of reversibility. It is not to be understood religiously. The exchange behaves like in the primitive initiation rituals and the myth of rebirth. Death/society: death is forbidden, suicide is frightening: this leads to social control. Fascination of natural catastrophes or terrorism: longing for subversion. Blask I 51 Death/Bataille: Anti-Economy. >Economy/Baudrillard. Cf >Death/Barthes, >Death/Condorcet, >Death/Development psychology._____________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 |