1. http://versouk.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/radical-thinkers-question-3-jean-baudrillard-
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In The Transparency of Evil: Essays on Extreme Phenomena, postmodern sociologist-
prophet Jean Baudrillard examines the legacy of the 1960s, the “orgy”
that, he argues, gave birth to our age of dizzying simulation, reproduction, eclecticism,
and prosthesis. Explaining how sexual liberation confused the categories of man and
woman, artistic innovation conjured a “transaesthetic realm of indifference,” and
political revolution perpetuated a diorama world of political forms, Baudrillard
uncovers a culture of empty rights that forces us to come to terms with a dramatic new
perspective on Evil and conduct a fundamental reassessment of otherness.
The third question in our Radical Thinkers giveaway competition is:
Which celebrity, recently deceased, is Baudrillard referring to in the below quotation?
“La Ciccioloina, as carnal ectoplasm, is very close to Madonna‟s
artificial nitroglycerine or to ____ ____‟s androgynous and
Frankensteinian appeal. All of them are mutants, transvestites,
genetically baroque beings whose erotic look conceals their general lack
of specificity. They are all „gender-benders‟ – all turncoats of sex.”
UPDATE:
Entry to the competition for Radical Thinkers question 3 is now closed! The answer is:
Michael Jackson
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