Into tribes *

The way the real fragments into images seems to be the same problem people like zizek, chomsky, and Peterson worry about.

I completely disagree. The disappearance of the real can be seen in our youth losing the power of their memory and lose of social skills due to the new media we consume.

The blurring of them lines between traditional categories and I to tribes that we elect to be part of happens to be a popular thought with identity marketers like Seth Godin.

There are more real life examples to fill into the post moderns.

Years later (after watching these lectures, and reading Baudrillard and Foucault because of them), I have to agree with you. Or at least share the sentiment. These books have a very particular impact on young susceptible students. It is always the same demographic. There is the definite occasional truth to the lush observations, but the world isn’t “disappearing.” However, spending too much time in your apartment reading philosophy books might convince you that it is, and make you “disappear.” Irony in irony, huh?

You definitively lack a sense of irony in your interpretation of Baudrillard’s comment on the virtual of Gulf’s War. On the other hand, your appreciation of French culture is totally biased. A misleading nationalism is clear in your lines of thought.

You need more of real philosophy, my friend!

The French economy is the most significant producer of fashion, beauty products, perfumes, and other things that enhance a person’s attractiveness. Besides the inherent merits of these products, the cache of French sophistication is an important marketing feature. This helps explain France’s resistance to U.S. culture; to Americanize could jeopardize their export economy. Foucault, Derrida, and Baudrillard play a role in this, surely without realizing it. Their lush deconstruction of modernity, with playful eroticism, provides an intellectual soupcon for the undergraduate, the artiste, eager to find partners. Later, perhaps, they’ll indulge in Givenchy and Moet. By then, Baudrillard will be collecting dust on her shelf.