The Divine Left
A Chronicle of the Years 1977–1984
$29.16
- Paperback
152 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2014
Summary
An analysis of how Mitterand came to power in France and how political power seduced the French Left and became a simulacrum.First published in French in 1985, The Divine Left is Jean Baudrillard’s chronicle of French political life from 1977 to 1984. It offers the closest thing to political analysis to be found from a thinker who has too often been regarded as apolitical. Gathering texts that originally appeared as newspaper commentary on Fran ois Mitterand’s rise to power as France’s first …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781584351290 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1584351292 |
| Author: | Jean Baudrillard, Jean-Louis Violeau, David L. Sweet |
| Publisher: | Autonomedia |
| Imprint: | Semiotext |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents |
About The Author
Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur.Jean-Louis Violeau is a sociologist and researcher at the “Architecture-Culture-Societe” laboratory of the Ecole d’architecture de Paris-Malaquais in Paris. His most recent book is Les Architectes et Mai 68.
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