Cinemulacrum
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Simulacra And Simulation
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Author : Jean Baudrillard
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1994
Simulacra And Simulation written by Jean Baudrillard and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Art categories.
Develops a theory of contemporary culture that relies on displacing economic notions of cultural production with notions of cultural expenditure. This book represents an effort to rethink cultural theory from the perspective of a concept of cultural materialism, one that radically redefines postmodern formulations of the body.
Simulacrum America
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Author : Elisabeth Kraus
language : en
Publisher: Camden House
Release Date : 2000
Simulacrum America written by Elisabeth Kraus and has been published by Camden House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Criticism categories.
A collection of articles that analyses the role of the media in America from a deconstructionist viewpoint. This collection of original essays is a response to the paradigm shift that has taken place in cultural studies in the wake of postmodernism and poststructuralism. Such concepts as 'truth' or 'reality' have been increasingly called into question, since the realization that our experience of 'the real' is always mediated through an "empire of signs," as Roland Barthes put it. After a predominantly optimistic evaluation of the effects of the media in the 1960s (by Marshall McLuhan, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and others), a growing awareness of the total manipulation of society by mass-media imagery has emerged. The very concept of 'representation' has become problematic, witness the influential essay "The Precession of Simulacra" by the French sociologist Jean Baudrillard, in which he defines simulation as "the generation by models of a real without origin or reality: a hyperreal"- the current boom in 'realityTV' comes to mind. In the seventeen years since the publication of Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, ever more sophisticated technologies based on the computer as the simulacrum machine par excellence have offered us powerful new means of manipulating data - and consequently, means of manipulating, editing, and inventing 'reality.' The aim of this study is to unmask false 'representations', showing history, personal and cultural identity (especially gender and racial identities), the simulacrum of speed -- and American 'reality' itself -- to be constructs.
Phantom Communities
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Author : Scott Durham
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1998
Phantom Communities written by Scott Durham and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Literary Criticism categories.
Phantom Communities reconsiders the status of the simulacrum--sometimes defined as a copy of a copy, but more rigorously defined as a copy that subverts the legitimacy and authority of its model--in light of recent debates in literature, art, philosophy, and cultural studies. The author pursues two interwoven levels of analysis. On one level, he explores the poetics of the simulacrum, considered as a form that internalizes repetition, through close readings of a number of exemplary literary texts, paintings, and films from both the Anglo-American and French traditions, including works by Jean Genet, Pierre Klossowski, René Magritte, Andy Warhol, J. G. Ballard, Balthus, and Raúl Ruiz. Through his readings of these works, the author follows the transformations of the simulacrum, showing how its vicissitudes provide an optic for remapping the postmodern canon. On another level, the author offers an account of the role played by the simulacrum as a theoretical concept that assumes varying analytical and ideological valences in the writings of such theorists as Jean Baudrillard, Fredric Jameson, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze. In so doing, Phantom Communities intervenes in ongoing interdisciplinary debates concerning the historical and ideological limits of postmodernism, as well as the utopian possibilities of art, literature, and philosophy in a postmodern context. Moving between these debates and the interpretation of individual works, the author shows how they converge on the fundamental aesthetic and ideological problem raised by the postmodern culture of the simulacrum: imagining the virtual communities that, at the margins of postmodern culture, are at once figured and eclipsed by its proliferating images.
Simulacrum
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Author : Montsho Shelby
language : en
Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
Release Date : 2018-10-04
Simulacrum written by Montsho Shelby and has been published by Lulu Publishing Services this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with categories.
The Nocturn Mason sleeps yet he wakes in the body of another. He dreams but his dreams are of lives heÕs never led. What is this power? How can he use it? He battles his better angels to know if it is his right to take what he wants or his duty to do no harm. Simulacrum Creatures that live in 2 bodies, one is plant the other a stolen human shell. Their fight is an ancient a battle that has kept humanity from extinction. Reynolds brood combats a rival brood over the lost of a member. While Kenneth discovers the monsters amongst humanity and goes on a crusade to destroy them all.
Simulacrum
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Author : Jorge Luis Borges
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Simulacrum written by Jorge Luis Borges and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.
Simulacrum Life Is A Story Story One
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Author : Eric E.
language : de
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-08-03
Simulacrum Life Is A Story Story One written by Eric E. and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-03 with Fiction categories.
Der kurze Prolog einer epischen Reise: Ein merkwürdiger Fremder mit undurchsichtigen Zielen erscheint auf Onnterra. Ein Halbtroll, ein Trunkenbold und ein Zauberer werden von seinem Erscheinen überrascht, das einige beunruhigende Geschehnisse ins Rollen bringt. Ein Ausflug in eine magische Welt in der die Nacht Überhand genommen hat. Ein Ausblick auf Ereignisse, welche die Grenzen von Welten und des Vorstellbaren überwinden werden.
Reading Simulacra
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Author : M. W. Smith
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2001-09-06
Reading Simulacra written by M. W. Smith and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-09-06 with Social Science categories.
Traces the ways in which our culture has increasingly become a culture of simulations, and offers strategies for discerning meaning in a world where the difference between what is real and what is simulated has collapsed.
Simulacrum
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language : en
Publisher: Circlet Press
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Simulacrum
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Author : Nathan Skaggs
language : en
Publisher: BookRix
Release Date : 2013-09-17
Simulacrum written by Nathan Skaggs and has been published by BookRix this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-17 with Fiction categories.
20 years after the dawn of humanity, an advanced alien world suffers a natural disaster of epic proportions nearly extinguishing all life on the once proud planet. The astronaut Helier witnesses destruction enveloping his world. Helier fears he is the only survivor of his world until Charis, an astronaut from another space station, answers his desperate calls. For weeks, Helier and Charis teeter on the edge of insanity. When food and water supplies dwindle, Helier and Charis must attempt a blind return to the planet's surface. Only with the help of a mysterious stranger can Helier and Charis survive reentry through the darkness.
Simulacrum
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Author : Daniel Zaborowski
language : pl
Publisher: Daniel Zaborowski
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Simulacrum written by Daniel Zaborowski and has been published by Daniel Zaborowski this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Computers categories.
"Simulacrum: Exploring the Possibility of a Simulated Reality" is a thought-provoking journey into the idea that our reality may be nothing more than a computer-generated simulation. Delving into the scientific, philosophical, and cultural implications of this hypothesis, this book challenges readers to consider the nature of reality, the role of perception and consciousness, and the potential consequences of living in a virtual world. From religious and ethical considerations to depictions in science fiction and the impact of artificial intelligence, each chapter offers a deep exploration of a different facet of the simulated reality hypothesis. With clear and accessible writing, this book provides an engaging and informative introduction to a topic that is increasingly relevant in our technology-driven world.
