The Transparency of Evil: Essays on Extreme Phenomena -- Jean Baudrillard

The renowned postmodernist philosopher's tour-de-force contemplation of sex, technology, politics and disease in Western culture after the revolutionary 'orgy' of the 1960s.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Jean Baudrillard<br><b>Publisher:</b> Verso<br><b>Published:</b> 06/09/2009<br><b>Pages:</b> 208<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.50lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.60d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781844673452<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Jean Baudrillard</b> (1929-2007) began teaching sociology at the Université de Paris-X in 1966. He retired from academia in 1987 to write books and travel until his death in 2007. His many works include <i>Simulations and Simulacra</i>, <i>America</i>, <i>The Perfect Crime</i>, <i>The System of Objects</i>, <i>Passwords</i>, <i>The Transparency of Evil</i>, <i>The Spirit of Terrorism</i>, and <i>Fragments</i>, among others.</p>