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Baudrillard by Alexander James is a document available to read on EtoBox.
What is Baudrillard about?
Jean Baudrillard argues that Western nations exploit images of catastrophe and suffering in the developing world. They feed off these images like a drug and their efforts to alleviate disasters are actually co-productive with the disasters, ensuring their continued reproduction. As resources of suffering become depleted, the West will be forced to produce its own catastrophes to satisfy its appetite for such images on the global stage. When the West can no longer feed off the misery of others, it will turn
- Author
- Alexander James
- Language
- EN