The China Syndrome I. Brutal Truth: Media Doesn’t Reflect Reality. It Manufactures It Baudrillard dissects The China Syndrome (1979), a film about a nuclear accident,...
I. Brutal Truth: Media Transforms Atrocities into Consumable Narratives In this chapter, Baudrillard argues that the media's representation of historical atrocities, such as the Holocaust,...
The Beaubourg Effect: Implosion and Deterrence I. Brutal Truth: Culture Now Exists to Prevent Culture Baudrillard goes after the Centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg), a famous...
Simulacra and Science Fiction I. Brutal Truth: Sci-Fi Is No Longer Fiction Baudrillard’s thesis is clear: “There is no more fiction, only simulation.” Science fiction...
The Orders of Simulacra I. Brutal Truth: Reality Evolves Through Illusion Baudrillard maps human civilization into three historical orders of simulacra. These are not time...
