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Postmodern sociologist-prophet Jean Baudrillard examines the legacy of the 1960s, the “orgy” that, he argues, gave birth to our age of dizzying simulation, reproduction, eclecticism, and prosthesis. Explaining how sexual liberation confused the categories of man and woman, artistic innovation conjured a “transaesthetic realm of indifference,” and political revolution perpetuated a diorama world of political forms, Baudrillard uncovers a culture of empty rights that forces us to come to terms with a dramatic new perspective on Evil and conduct a fundamental reassessment of otherness. Working through these contemporary riddles, The Transparency of Evil transforms the way we understand the jumble of our daily lives — from the gyrations of the stock market to those of Michael Jackson.
“A sharp-shooting lone range of the post-Marxist left.” – New York Times
“Rarely do words convey such urgency as on a page by Baudrillard.’ –Los Angeles Times
“Such quality and accuracy of insight indicate both the power of Baudrillard’s initial position and the value of the French tradition of the grand philosophical analyst moving freely through the culture.” – The Spectator
Jean Baudrillard began teaching sociology at the Université de Paris-X in 1966. He retired from academia in 1987 to write books and travel until his death in 2007. He is the author of many works including America, The System of Objects, The Perfect Crime, and The Spirit of Terrorism, all from Verso..
May 2009
208 pages
Series
Radical Thinkers
Paper
ISBN-13: 978 1 84467 345 2
US$12.95 / £6.99 / CAN$16
