Note Details
- Type: book
- Topics: philosophy, postmodernism
Book Summary
Simulacra and Simulation (1981) by Jean Baudrillard is a philosophical treatise examining the relationship between reality, symbols, and society. Baudrillard argues that modern society has replaced reality and meaning with symbols and signs — that human experience is now a simulation of reality rather than reality itself. The book introduces the concept of hyperreality, where the distinction between the real and the representation collapses entirely. Famously influential on The Matrix and postmodern thought.
See also: simulacra, The Many Meanings of the Matrix