Baudrillard's Bestiary

Mike Gane provides an introduction to Baudrillard''s cultural theory: the conception of modernity and the complex process of simulation. He examines Baudrillard''s literary essays: his confrontation with Calvino, Styron, Ballard and Borges. Gane offers a coherent account of Baudrillard''s theory of cultural ambience, and the culture of consumer society. And it provides an introduction to Baudrilla...