Quote of the day
It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side: the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
Jean Baudrillard
Born: July 27, 1929
Died: March 6, 2007 (aged 77)
Bio: Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator, and photographer. His work is frequently associated with postmodernism and specifically post-structuralism.
Known for:
- Simulacra and Simulation (1981)
- The system of objects (1996)
- The spirit of terrorism (2002)
- Symbolic exchange and death (1993)
- The transparency of evil (1990)
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