The vital illusion
By: Jean Baudrillard ; edited by Julia Witwer.
Contributors: Witwer, Julia.
Series: Wellek Library lectures; Wellek Library lecture series at the University of California, Irvine.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Reality; Virtual reality; Cloning
Description: ""Aren't we actually sick of sex, of difference, of emancipation, of culture?" With this provocative taunt, Jean Baudrillard challenges us to face up to our deadly, technologically empowered renunciation of mortality and subjectivity as he grapples with the complex issues that define our postmillenial world. What does the advent and proliferation of cloning mean for our sense of ourselves as human beings? What does the turn of the millenium say about our relation to time and history?

What does the instantaneous, virutal realm of cyberspace do to reality? In The Vital Illusion, Baudrillard leads his readers to some surprising conclusions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.