The Phantom of the Crowd
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The Phantom of the Crowd
14.99 €
Karl Jaspers is a German philosopher, one of the main representatives of existentialism. Jean Baudrillard is a French sociologist, culturologist and postmodern philosopher.
The book presented to your attention contains the most significant works of J. Baudrillard and K. Jaspers, devoted to the problems of society and man in the late XX - early XXI century. Existence in the world, Jaspers wrote, is living in a crowd, following generally accepted values and standards. Life according to the formula “I am like everyone else” allows you to share the responsibility for your actions with everyone who does the same.
Baudrillard called the modern era (the philosopher died in 2007) the era of hyperreality - the superstructure determines the basis, labor does not produce, but socializes, representative authorities do not represent anyone. There are only phantoms of reality, ghosts (by Baudrillard’s definition, “simulacra”) – such ghosts are filled not only with politics, economics, culture, but also with the private life of a person.
The book presented to your attention contains the most significant works of J. Baudrillard and K. Jaspers, devoted to the problems of society and man in the late XX - early XXI century. Existence in the world, Jaspers wrote, is living in a crowd, following generally accepted values and standards. Life according to the formula “I am like everyone else” allows you to share the responsibility for your actions with everyone who does the same.
Baudrillard called the modern era (the philosopher died in 2007) the era of hyperreality - the superstructure determines the basis, labor does not produce, but socializes, representative authorities do not represent anyone. There are only phantoms of reality, ghosts (by Baudrillard’s definition, “simulacra”) – such ghosts are filled not only with politics, economics, culture, but also with the private life of a person.
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