The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil. Jean Baudrillard antagonismdialecticalequilibrium Change image and share on social
In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning. Jean Baudrillard abjectionexerciselearn Change image and share on social
Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society. Jean Baudrillard bluffconsciencedeep Change image and share on social
What is a society without a heroic dimension? Jean Baudrillard dimensionheroicsociety Change image and share on social
It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him. Jean Baudrillard believepoliticianstop Change image and share on social
The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it. Jean Baudrillard abjectionchallengedesperation Change image and share on social
Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved - commitment to a scenario. Jean Baudrillard acceptableachieveadvertise Change image and share on social
The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give an equivalent reproduction. The real is not only what can be reproduced, but that which is always already reproduced. The hyper real. Jean Baudrillard definitionequivalentgive share on social
To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his shadow, drag him into a murderous future. It is to circle around the other like a dead star and absorb him into a black light. Jean Baudrillard absorbblackcircle share on social
What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction. It is, indeed, on this fictive basis that it dominates the world. Jean Baudrillard americabasisdominate Change image and share on social
