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Jean Baudrillard: Live Theory Paul Hegarty Continuum Jean Baudrillard: Live Theory Also available from Continuum: Helene Cixous: Live Theory, Susan Sellers and Ian Blyth Luce Irigaray: Live Theory, Elizabeth Hirsch and Joyce Karj_ Julia Kristeva: Live Theory., John Lechte Slavoj Zjiek: Live Theory, Rex Butler Jean Baudrillard: Live Theory Paul Hegarty continuum L O N D O N • N E W Y O R K CONTINUUM The Tower Building 15 East 26th Street 11 York Road New York London SE1 7NX NY 10010 © Paul Hegarty 2004 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: HB: 0-8264-6282-0 PB: 0-8264-6283-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hegarty, Paul, 1954- Jean Baudrillard : live theory / Paul Hegarty. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8264-6282-0 - ISBN 0-8264-6283-9 (pbk.) 1. Baudrillard, Jean. 2. Philosophers-France. I. Title. B2430.B33974H44 2004 194-dc22 2003068809 Typeset by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Manchester. Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall For Jo This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgements ix Note on References xi Introduction 1 1 System and Exchange: From Marxism to the Symbolic 13 2 Simulation and the Decay of the Real 49 3 Other than Simulation 68 4 Geopolitics of the Real 91 5 Objects of Culture 112 6 Interview with Jean Baudrillard 134 7 Before and After Baudrillard 150 8 Conclusion: Singularity 161 Bibliography 165 Index 175 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgements Many people have contributed to the existence of this book, con- sciously or otherwise. I wish to thank the following in particular: Graham Allen, Jackie Clarke, Pat Crowley, Mike Gane, Malcolm Garrard, Gary Genosko, Martin Halliwell, Colin Harrison, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, Caitriona Leahy, Dave Murray, Joanne O'Brien, Tony O'Connor, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Keith Reader, Judith Still, Stephen Walker, Alex Walsh and John Younge. Special thanks to Tristan Palmer and Hywel Evans at Continuum. For his acute observations and daemonic hyphen-cutting, thanks again to Graham Allen. Thanks, finally, to Jean Baudrillard for his time, generosity and interest.
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