Simulacra and Simulation

Jean Baudrillard's "Simulacra and Simulation" explores the collapse of distinctions between reality, representation, and simulation, analyzing hyperreality where signs and models replace any original, reshaping culture, politics, and perception.

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Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard

A copy without an original [anymore]

A copy whose original has been lost or forgotten through too many iterations.

FOUR PHASES OF SIMULACRA:

Basic reflection of reality (ex.pumpkin)
Perverting or masking reality (ex. Pumpkin pie)
Masking the absence of basic reality (ex. Pumpkin spice latte: reminded of

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Simulacra and Simulation (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism)

Jean Baudrillard

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