商品簡介
In America, France’s leading philosopher of postmodernism took to the freeways toproduce a collection of traveler’s tales from the land of hyperreality. From the sierras ofNew Mexico to the streets of New York and LA by night—“a sort of luminous, geometric,incandescent immensity”—Baudrillard mixes aper?us and observations with a wickedsense of fun to provide a unique insight into the country that dominates the world. Inthis new edition, leading cultural critic and novelist Geoff Dyer offers a thoughtful andperceptive take on the continuing resonance of Baudrillard’s book in Obama’s America.
作者簡介
Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) began teaching sociology at the Universite de Paris-X in 1966. He retired from academia in 1987 to write books and travel until his death in 2007. His many works include Simulations and Simulacra, America, The Perfect Crime, The System of Objects, Passwords, The Transparency of Evil, The Spirit of Terrorism, and Fragments, among others.