America
By: Jean Baudrillard ; [with an introduction by Geoff Dyer]
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9781844676828
Subjects: Civilization; Travel; Description and travel
Work titles: Amérique
Description: "In America, France's leading philosopher of postmodernism took to the freeways to produce a collection of traveler's tales from the land of hyperreality. From the sierras of New Mexico to the streets of New York and LA by night-- a sort of luminous, geometric, incandescent immensity"--Baudrillard mixes apercus and observations with a wicked sense of fun to provide a unique insight into the country that dominates the world. In this new edition, leading cultural critic and novelist Geoff Dyer offers a thoughtful and perceptive take on the continuing resonance of Baudrillard's book in Obama's America." --
Notes: Reprint of 1988 translation by Chris Turner.