Jean Baudrillard

Jean Baudrillard

Jean Baudrillard Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Mar. 7, 2007.
PARIS (AP) – French philosopher Jean Baudrillard, a social theorist known for his acerbic commentaries on consumerism and excess, died Tuesday, his publishing house said. He was 77.

Baudrillard died at his home in Paris after a lengthy illness, said Michel Delorme of the Galilee publishing house.

The two men had worked together since 1977, when "Oublier Foucault" (Forget Foucault), one of some 20 books written by Baudrillard, was published, Delorme said by telephone. Baudrillard's last book was "Cool Memories V," in 2005.

Baudrillard, a sociologist by training, advocated the idea that spectacle is crucial in creating our view of events _ what he termed "hyperreality." Things do not happen if they are not seen to happen.

Although many Americans were puzzled by his views, Baudrillard was a tireless enthusiast for the United States – though he once called it "the only remaining primitive society."

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kathryn

March 10, 2007

To the vigor of your life, your success in changing the tides and the way we understand the world.

Celebrating your life. I mourn your loss. Too soon.

Alexandre Chiasson

March 9, 2007

Loved your work Jean... Your ideas still resonate!

D.L. ZIMMERMAN

March 8, 2007

REST IN PEACE JEAN

C. Lane

March 7, 2007

Sorry for your Loss. You have my Condolences.

March 7, 2007

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

March 7, 2007

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well-lived.

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