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Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur.

Baudrillard's remarkably prescient meditation on terrorism throws light on post-9/11 delusional fears and political simulations.

Introduction: Requiem for the Masses     7
In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities     33
...Or, the End of the Social     77
the Implosion of Meaning in the Media     97
Event and Non-Event     111