America (Paperback, 2nd edition)

In America, France's leading philosopher of postmodernism took to the freeways to produce a collection of traveler's tales from the land of hyperreality. From the sierras of New Mexico to the streets of New York and LA by night-a sort of luminous, geometric, incandescent immensity-Baudrillard mixes apercus and observations with a wicked sense of fun to provide a unique insight into the country that dominates the world. In this new edition, leading cultural critic and novelist Geoff Dyer offers a thoughtful and perceptive take on the continuing resonance of Baudrillard's book in Obama's America."

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	September 2010
Authors:	Jean Baudrillard
Introduction by:	Geoff Dyer
Translators:	Chris Turner
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	160
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84467-682-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	1-84467-682-X
Barcode:	9781844676828

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Insightful and provocative

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 | Review by: Duncan R.

This is a fascinating book: a postmodernist in Tocquevillian territory. This is not a systemic work of philosophy or critical theory, though. Rather, it is an extended poetic meditation on the nature of America from the perspective of a unique outsider. It is fantastic to consider alongside Tocqueville's Democracy in America and Chesterton's What I Saw in America.

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