In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents)
Jean Baudrillard (1929--2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur.Sylvère Lotringer is Jean Baudrillard Chair at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University.Michèle Bernstein was a founding member of the Situationist International, the first wife of its most significant member, Guy Debord, In the words of her second husband, the British ex-Situationist Ralph Rumney, she was "the most Situationist of all."The author of four novels, the most recent of which isSummer of Hate, and two books of criticism, Chris Kraus was recently described by theNew York Observeras "the art world's favorite fiction writer." She teaches at European Graduate School and lives in Los Angeles.John Johnston is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Emory University in Atlanta. He is the author ofCarnival of RepetitionandInformation Multiplicity.