ABSTRACT
In the quotation I just read you from Baudrillard, he is caught up in just such contradictory logic. On the one hand he says that “seduction is of the order of appearances,” on the other hand he asks “and what if everything, contrary to appearances, marched to seduction?” In promoting seduction, throughout the book, he frequently valorizes the realm of appearances. Yet here he asserts that there might be a hidden order “contrary to appearances,” and that seduction might be that hidden order. In fact, right after he writes “contrary to appearances,” he adds a parenthetical correction, cognizant of the contradiction. The actual sentence with its parenthetical insertion reads: “And what if everything, contrary to appearances-in fact according to the secret rule of appearances-if everything marched to seduction?”
