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The Gulf War did not take place

By Jean Baudrillard

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
1995
ISBN
9780231141352
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
77 kB (79244 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2024-06-12 16:50:18

Description

In a provocative analysis written during the unfolding drama of 1992, Baudrillard draws on his concepts of simulation and the hyperreal to argue that the Gulf War did not take place but was a carefully scripted media event―a “virtual” war. Patton’s introduction argues that Baudrillard, more than any other critic of the Gulf War, correctly identified the stakes involved in the gestation of the New World Order.

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