ABSTRACT
Jean Baudrillard arouses strong opinions. In this collection of his most important interviews the reader gains a unique and accessible overview of Baudrillard's key ideas. The collection includes many interviews that appear in English for the first time as well as a fascinating interview and encounter between the editor and Baudrillard in Paris.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I A VIRTUAL STATE OF RUPTURE…
chapter 1|8 pages
Interview 1 I DON’T BELONG TO THE CLUB, TO THE SERAGLIO
Interview with Mike Gane and Monique Arnaud
part |2 pages
Part II BEYOND ALIENATION…
chapter 4|2 pages
Interview 4 THE ‘LOOK’ GENERATION—THE MANNERISM OF A WORLD WITHOUT
Interview with Le Nouvel Observateur
chapter 5|7 pages
Interview 5 THE POWER OF REVERSIBILITY THAT EXISTS IN THE FATAL
Interview with D.Guillemot and D.Soutif
chapter 8|9 pages
Interview 8 INTELLECTUALS, COMMITMENT AND POLITICAL POWER
Interview with Maria Shevtsova
part |2 pages
Part III I STOPPED LIVING...
part |2 pages
Part IV RADICALISM HAS PASSED INTO EVENTS…
chapter 12|9 pages
Interview 12 THE EVIL DEMON OF IMAGES
Interview with Ted Colless, David Kelly and Alan Cholodenko
chapter 14|4 pages
Interview 14 THE POLITICS OF SEDUCTION
Interview with Suzanne Moore and Stephen Johnstone
chapter 17|8 pages
Interview 17 WRITING HAS ALWAYS GIVEN ME PLEASURE
Interview with Le Journal des Psychologues
part |2 pages
Part V WHEN REALITY MERGES WITH THE IDEA…
chapter 20|9 pages
Interview 20 BAUDRILLARD: THE INTERVIEW
Interview with Monique Arnaud and Mike Gane
