The Intelligence of Evil: or, The Lucidity Pact

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In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, after the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and at the height of the ""War on Terror"", the controversial postmodernist thinker Jean Baudrillard wrote The Intelligence of Evil . In tackling the rhetoric of the so-called ""clash of civilizations"" between a capitalist West and a fundamentalist religious Islam, the book also provides a summation of many of the most important themes of Baurdrillard's philosophical project. Baudrillard here explores how neoliberal political rhetoric has divided human cultures are divided into two antagonistic forces, one based on s.;Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; The Intelligence of Evil; Chapter 1Integral Reality; Chapter 2 On the Fringes of the Real; Chapter 3 On the World in its Profound Illusoriness; Chapter 4The Easiest Solutions; Do you want to be free?; Do you want to be anyone else?; Chapter 5 The Murder of the Sign; Chapter 6The Mental Diaspora of the Networks; Chapter 7We Are All Agnostics . . .; Chapter 8The Violence Done to the Image; Chapter 9Contemporary Art: Art Contemporary with Itself; Chapter 10Virtuality and Events; Chapter 11Evil and Misfortune. Cover HalfTitle Series Title Copyright Contents Preface The Intelligence of Evil Chapter 1Integral Reality Chapter 2 On the Fringes of the Real Chapter 3 On the World in its Profound Illusoriness Chapter 4The Easiest Solutions Do you want to be free? Do you want to be anyone else? Chapter 5 The Murder of the Sign Chapter 6The Mental Diaspora of the Networks Chapter 7We Are All Agnostics . . . Chapter 8The Violence Done to the Image Chapter 9Contemporary Art: Art Contemporary with Itself Chapter 10Virtuality and Events Chapter 11Evil and Misfortune. Chapter 12The Intelligence of EvilChapter 13For Whom Does the Knell of Politics Toll? Chapter 14The Destruction of the Golden Temple Chapter 15The 'Blowback' of Duality Chapter 16Lines of Fracture Chapter 17Parallel Universes Existential divide Time divide Chapter 18Anamnesis.