Alan N. Shapiro, Technologist and Futurist

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On the trail of Jean Baudrillard and Slavoj Žižek in the American Desert

June 30th, 2011 in Category: Jean Baudrillard, Slavoj Žižek

In Baudrillard’s "America", the secret heart of reversibility is captured in the imaginary of the desert. The desert is The Other America, the quintessential strange attractor, the counterpoint to the system.