Richard G. Smith is Associate Professor in Human Geography at Swansea University. He is co-editor of Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories (Routledge, 2009); The Baudrillard Dictionary (EUP, 2010); Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance, Uncollected Interviews (EUP, 2015); and, Jean Baudrillard: The Disappearance of Culture, Uncollected Interviews (EUP, 2017). David B. Clarke is Professor of Human Geography at Swansea University. He is co-editor of Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories (Routledge, 2009) and The Consumption Reader (Routledge, 2003). He is the author of The Consumer Society and the Postmodern City (Routledge, 2003).

Dating from 1968 to 2006, from his first to his final interview, this selection covers all the phases of Baudrillard's long career. Clear, coherent and often humorous - the lightning fast responses of a genial philosopher - these interviews catch Baudrillard thinking aloud.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Baudrillard UnpluggedInterview 1: Is Transgression a Mode of Political Action?Interview 2: Dropping Out of HistoryInterview 3: Catastrophic, but Not SeriousInterview 4: The Apathy of the MassesInterview 5: The Transparency of KitschInterview 6: Baudrillard Shrugs: Terrorism and the MediaInterview 7: Strange WorldInterview 8: The Ex-termination of the RealInterview 9: La Commedia dell’ArteInterview 10: From Popular Culture to Mass CultureInterview 11: The Ecstasy of PhotographyInterview 12: Baudrillard’s ListInterview 13: Viral and MetalepticInterview 14: The Homeopathic Disappearance of ArchitectureInterview 15: For IllusionInterview 16: Impossible and UnexchangeableInterview 17: The Art of DisappearanceInterview 18: Solutions for a Post-technological SocietyInterview 19: Apropos of UtopieInterview 20: The Murder of RealityInterview 21: Alterity as FateInterview 22: Artificiality and SeductionInterview 23: The Roots of EvilInterview 24: The Mirror of PhotojournalismInterview 25: Hoping to Resolve the IrresolvableSelect Journal Special/Theme Issues/Sections on Jean Baudrillard in EnglishSelect Books on Jean Baudrillard in EnglishName IndexSubject Index

Richard G. Smith is Associate Professor in Human Geography at Swansea University. He is co-editor of Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories (Routledge, 2009); The Baudrillard Dictionary (EUP, 2010); Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance, Uncollected Interviews (EUP, 2015); and, Jean Baudrillard: The Disappearance of Culture, Uncollected Interviews (EUP, 2017). David B. Clarke is Professor of Human Geography at Swansea University. He is co-editor of Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories (Routledge, 2009) and The Consumption Reader (Routledge, 2003). He is the author of The Consumer Society and the Postmodern City (Routledge, 2003).

Dating from 1968 to 2006, from his first to his final interview, this selection covers all the phases of Baudrillard's long career. Clear, coherent and often humorous - the lightning fast responses of a genial philosopher - these interviews catch Baudrillard thinking aloud.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Baudrillard UnpluggedInterview 1: Is Transgression a Mode of Political Action?Interview 2: Dropping Out of HistoryInterview 3: Catastrophic, but Not SeriousInterview 4: The Apathy of the MassesInterview 5: The Transparency of KitschInterview 6: Baudrillard Shrugs: Terrorism and the MediaInterview 7: Strange WorldInterview 8: The Ex-termination of the RealInterview 9: La Commedia dell’ArteInterview 10: From Popular Culture to Mass CultureInterview 11: The Ecstasy of PhotographyInterview 12: Baudrillard’s ListInterview 13: Viral and MetalepticInterview 14: The Homeopathic Disappearance of ArchitectureInterview 15: For IllusionInterview 16: Impossible and UnexchangeableInterview 17: The Art of DisappearanceInterview 18: Solutions for a Post-technological SocietyInterview 19: Apropos of UtopieInterview 20: The Murder of RealityInterview 21: Alterity as FateInterview 22: Artificiality and SeductionInterview 23: The Roots of EvilInterview 24: The Mirror of PhotojournalismInterview 25: Hoping to Resolve the IrresolvableSelect Journal Special/Theme Issues/Sections on Jean Baudrillard in EnglishSelect Books on Jean Baudrillard in EnglishName IndexSubject Index

Richard G. Smith is Associate Professor in Human Geography at Swansea University. He is co-editor of Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories (Routledge, 2009); The Baudrillard Dictionary (EUP, 2010); Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance, Uncollected Interviews (EUP, 2015); and, Jean Baudrillard: The Disappearance of Culture, Uncollected Interviews (EUP, 2017). David B. Clarke is Professor of Human Geography at Swansea University. He is co-editor of Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories (Routledge, 2009) and The Consumption Reader (Routledge, 2003). He is the author of The Consumer Society and the Postmodern City (Routledge, 2003).

Dating from 1968 to 2006, from his first to his final interview, this selection covers all the phases of Baudrillard's long career. Clear, coherent and often humorous - the lightning fast responses of a genial philosopher - these interviews catch Baudrillard thinking aloud.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Baudrillard UnpluggedInterview 1: Is Transgression a Mode of Political Action?Interview 2: Dropping Out of HistoryInterview 3: Catastrophic, but Not SeriousInterview 4: The Apathy of the MassesInterview 5: The Transparency of KitschInterview 6: Baudrillard Shrugs: Terrorism and the MediaInterview 7: Strange WorldInterview 8: The Ex-termination of the RealInterview 9: La Commedia dell’ArteInterview 10: From Popular Culture to Mass CultureInterview 11: The Ecstasy of PhotographyInterview 12: Baudrillard’s ListInterview 13: Viral and MetalepticInterview 14: The Homeopathic Disappearance of ArchitectureInterview 15: For IllusionInterview 16: Impossible and UnexchangeableInterview 17: The Art of DisappearanceInterview 18: Solutions for a Post-technological SocietyInterview 19: Apropos of UtopieInterview 20: The Murder of RealityInterview 21: Alterity as FateInterview 22: Artificiality and SeductionInterview 23: The Roots of EvilInterview 24: The Mirror of PhotojournalismInterview 25: Hoping to Resolve the IrresolvableSelect Journal Special/Theme Issues/Sections on Jean Baudrillard in EnglishSelect Books on Jean Baudrillard in EnglishName IndexSubject Index