{"product_id":"cool-memories-ii-1987-1990-paperback","title":"Cool Memories II: 1987 - 1990 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Baudrillard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the third in a series of personal records in hyper-reality from France's provocative philosopher of postmodernity,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Baudrillard is widely recognized as one of the most important and provocative writers of our age. This book is the third (after his acclaimed \u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCool Memories\u003c\/i\u003e) in a series of personal records in hyper-reality. Here Baudrillard casts his net widely and brings in autobiographical memories and further reflections on America, the crisis of cultural production, new ideas in fiction-theory, and the verbal fornication of the postmodern. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis wide-ranging discussion of events and their relationship to theory moves between poetry and waterfalls, strikes and Stealth bombers, Freud and la Cicciolina, shadows and simulacra, deconstruction and the zodiac, Reagan's smile and Kennedy's death, the curse on South America and the future of the West, the last tango of French intellectual life and the exemplary disappearing act of Italian politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdiosyncratic, outrageous, brilliantly original, \u003ci\u003eCool Memories II\u003c\/i\u003e will be required reading by anyone concerned with the debates about postmodernism and the current state of theory on the social sciences and humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Baudrillard is widely recognized as one of the most important and provocative writers of our age. This book is the third (after his acclaimed \u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCool Memories\u003c\/i\u003e) in a series of personal records in hyper-reality. Here Baudrillard casts his net widely and brings in autobiographical memories and further reflections on America, the crisis of cultural production, new ideas in fiction-theory, and the \"verbal fornication\" of the postmodern. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis wide-ranging discussion of events and their relationship to theory moves between poetry and waterfalls, strikes and Stealth bombers, Freud and la Cicciolina, shadows and simulacra, deconstruction and the zodiac, Reagan's smile and Kennedy's death, the \"curse\" on South America and the future of the West, the last tango of French intellectual life and the exemplary disappearing act of Italian politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdiosyncratic, outrageous, brilliantly original, \u003ci\u003eCool Memories II\u003c\/i\u003e will be required reading by anyone concerned with the debates about postmodernism and the current state of theory on the social sciences and humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Baudrillard\u003c\/b\u003e taught at the University of Paris X from 1966 to 1987. Among his works translated into English are \u003ci\u003eSimulation and Simulacra, Fatal Strategies, Seduction, America, Cool Memories I-IV, The Illusion of the End\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of Terrorism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 8 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47413802336434,"sku":"9780745612539","price":33.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f7f7009f3d16623844dc7e0ff65fb474.webp?v=1778360562","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/cool-memories-ii-1987-1990-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}