Baudrillard Now: Current Perspectives in Baudrillard Studies

Notes on Contributors vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: The End of Baudrillard and Beyond
Ryan Bishop 1

1 Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007): A Critical Overview
Douglas Kellner 17

2 Baudrillard and the Evil Genius
Ryan Bishop and John Phillips 28

3 Baudrillard, Death, and Cold War Theory
Ryan Bishop 47

4 Swan's Way: Care of Self in the Hyperreal
Mark Poster 72

5 Et in Arizona Ego: Baudrillard on the Planet of the Apes
John Beck 100

6 Pursuit in Paris
John Armitage 116

7 What is a Tank?
Ryan Bishop and John Phillips 136

8 Some Reflections on Baudrillard's "On Disappearance"
Douglas Kellner 154

9 Humanity's End
John Phillips 159

Index 172