Our Theatre of Cruelty | Jean Baudrillard

In this lecture, we'll look at Baudrillard's 1982 essay, "Our Theatre of Cruelty", which focuses on terrorism. Baudrillard explains the way terrorism serves as an insoluble challenge to hegemonic political platforms of order and meaning, refusing to be dissolved into the media. This is some of Baudrillard's most controversial, and you can see here his emphasis on the symbolic dimension of terrorism over the real, partly reflecting his privileged position regarding real violence and oppression, but also highlighting the fact that terrorists aren't aiming strictly for control of territory through conventional methods of warfare ("I kill more than you kill"). Enjoy!
Music is Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold Act II "Auf, loge" by Daniel Barenboim and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra • Das Rheingold : "Auf, ...
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[@rama_lama_ding_dong]

I feel strongly a that a reading of schizoanalytic cartographies would benefit your journey. Guatarri is Dat dude

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

Ah yes, that has been the prevailing sentiment in the air. I shall!

[@roachdoggjr6624]

How dare you….
The choice of music here was sub par at best.

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

Haha Wagner’s pretty cool

[@roachdoggjr6624]

@@gavinyoung-philosophy No I like Wagner, but I think there are better picks for this video.

[@gounch.1186]

this is kind of messed up, man. i’m going to have to unsubscribe.

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

Cool

[@rama_lama_ding_dong]

My contribution: pataphysics. Sèe: Alfred jarry and Antonin Arnaud