Baudrillard, Jean - Simulacra and Simulations (1981):

If you were one of those people who saw the The Matrix five times just because you wanted to figure your way out of the Matrix, then here is the book that cost you all that money to keep returning to the theater; Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulations. Simulacra and Simulations was not the complete basis for the ideas behind The Matrix, but if you paid attention you would have seen Neo open this book and turn to the last chapter "On Nihilism" where he hids his "work". Reason for Importance Baudrillard begins by explaining current simulations in our world while defining the orders of simulacra. He discusses the fantasy behind Disney Land, cloning and holograms to distigush between the real, the neoreal and the hyperreal that exist in society. Simulacra and Simulations is an important work for anyone exploring existenialist or idealist notions. Check barnesandnoble.com for editions of: Simulacra and Simulations Here is one edition of: Simulacra and Simulations   Return To the Media Page