'Simulacra and Simulation'

The war in the Middle East is televised for our viewing consumption. Social media drove Americans to vote for the product Donald Trump. 2020 was one wild Internet meme. For the next meeting of the Glasgow Philosophy Reading Group, we’ll discuss Jean-Paul Baudrillard’s 1981 work, Simulacra and Simulation. This 164-page philosophical essay explores how popular media and technology are evolving away from representations of reality, comprising a new “hyperreality” with a life of its own. Art no longer imitates life: We imitate it.

Controversial and provocative, Simulacra and Simulation takes a prophetic look at the dawn of the Information Age, providing shocking insights about mass culture and humanity that still resonate today. Join us at Cafe Fame, 127 Hope Street, Thursday, May 28th from 7 PM to 9 PM as we discuss this fascinating postmodernist classic!

You can purchase Simulacra and Simulation online and at local bookstores, or, read a free copy at this link: https://dn720006.ca.archive.org/0/items/baudrillard.-1970.-the-consumer-society/Baudrillard.1981.Simulacra-and-Simulation.pdf

Learn more about Baudrillard and his ideas here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-DqRx79bWc