Simulacra and Simulation
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Simulacra and Simulation (French: Simulacres et Simulation) is a 1981 philosophical essay by the philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, in which he seeks to examine the relationships between reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of culture and media involved in constructing an understanding of shared existence.
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Simulacra and Simulation (French: Simulacres et Simulation) is a 1981 philosophical essay by the philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, in which he seeks to examine the relationships between reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of culture and media involved in constructing an understanding of shared existence.
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Simulacra and simulation are Baudrillard's core diagnosis of contemporary media society: simulation produces simulacra without an original, constructing a hyperreal order that is more real than the real. It reveals how representation in turn prescribes reality.
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