Jean Baudrillard

Jean Baudrillard (born July 29, 1929) is a cultural theorist and philosopher. His work is frequently associated with postmodernism and post-structuralism.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

He was born in Reims, France. He studied German at the Sorbonne University in Paris and taught German in a lyc?e (1958-1966). He worked as a translator and critic and continued to study philosophy and sociology. In 1966 he completed his Ph.D. thesis: 'Th?se de troisi?me cycle: Le Syst?me des objets' ('Third cycle thesis: The system of objects') under the tuition of Henri Lefebvre. From 1966 to 1972 he worked as Ma?tre Assistant (Assistant) and Ma?tre de Conf?rences en Sociologie (Assistant Professor). In 1972 he finished his habilitation 'L'Autre par lui-m?me'. ('The other by himself'.) and started teaching Sociology at the Universit? de Paris-X Nanterre as a professor. From 1986 to 1990 Baudrillard served as Directeur Scientifique (Scientific Director) at IRIS (Institut de Recherche et d'Information Socio-?conomique) at the Universit? de Paris-IX Dauphine. Since 2001 he has been a professor of philosophy of culture and media criticism at the European Graduate School. He continues to support the Institut de Recherche sur l'Innovation Sociale at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

July 29: July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining....

1929: 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar)....

Cultural theorist: REDIRECT Culture theory...

Jean Baudrillard related Images and Photos (experimental)

Jean Kent	Jean Reno	Jean Marsh	Jean Marais
Jean Seberg	Jean Seberg	Jean Toomer	Jean Peters
Jean Borlin	Jean Parker	Jean Rogers	Jean Simmons