Tag Archives: Jean Baudrillard
Smile because you mean it?
After the discussion on Friday, the idea of the smile really got me thinking… do I smile because I mean it, or is it simply because it is part of my culture or my upbringing? “Smile and others will smile … Continue reading
Poseur
I have been contemplating Baudrillard’s passage on page 133 that Brad brought up at the end of class today, which he put forward as Baudrillard’s giving in or simply accepting the so called cultural shallowness of America, or, as Baudrilard … Continue reading
Self Publicity
Baudrillard talks about the marathon runner during his time in New York. He state that “The marathon is a form of demonstrative suicide, suicide as advertising: it is running to show you are capable of getting every last drop of … Continue reading
The American Smile
Jean Baudrillad’s America is a strangely controversial, interesting, and intriguing text that both explains and criticizes the American lifestyle, tradition, and being. Throughout the text, he seems to question the American identity and most definitely looks down upon them. One … Continue reading
Baudrillard’s Historical Conception
Throughout Jean Baudrillard’s America, The United States is continuously compared to Europe through various factions, whether they are political, historical, or cultural. In the section Utopia Achieved, particularly pages 85-87, Baudrillard focuses on the history, or lack of history, in … Continue reading
American Desert
“American culture is heir to the deserts, but the deserts here are not part of a Nature defined by contrast with the town. Rather they denote the emptiness, the radical nudity that is the background to every human institution. At … Continue reading
Baudrillard and the “Open Road”
Jean Baudrillard’s America takes unique, controversial, and thought-provoking positions on many of America’s traditions and institutions. I was particularly struck by the way he described the Los Angeles Freeway and our Interstate Highway System. The open road and the automobile … Continue reading
