Jean Baudrillard-Simulacra and Simulation-Disneyland: Waste Treatment Plant For A Hyperreal Society

Jean Baudrillard - Simulacra and Simulation *
Chapter 1: The Precession of Simulacra
Part 4: The Hyperreal and the Imaginary
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"According to Baudrillard, what has happened in postmodern culture is that our society has become so reliant on models and maps that we have lost all contact with the real world that preceded the map. Reality itself has begun merely to imitate the model, which now precedes and determines the real world...
Baudrillard is not merely suggesting that postmodern culture is artificial, because the concept of artificiality still requires some sense of reality against which to recognize the artifice. His point, rather, is that we have lost all ability to make sense of the distinction between nature and artifice."**

*Baudrillard, Jean. Simulacra and Simulation. Trans. Sheila Faria Glaser. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 1994.

**Felluga, Dino. "Modules on Baudrillard: On Simulation." Introductory Guide to Critical Theory, Jan. 31, 2011

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