Product Description

Baudrillard sees the power of the terrorists as lying in the symbolism of this slaughter. Not merely the reality of death, but a sacrificial death that challenges the whole system. Where the past revolutionary sought to conduct a struggle of real forces in the context of ideology and politics, the new terrorist mounts a powerful symbolic challenge, which, when combined with high-tech resources, constitutes an unprecedented assault on an over-sophisticated, vulnerable West. This new edition is updated with the recent essays 'Hypothesis on Terrorism' and 'Violence of the Global'.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #153494 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-30
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .39" h x 4.42" w x 8.26" l, .29 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 120 pages

Review
""First prize for cerebral cold-bloodedness goes to French philosopher Jean Baudrillard." -- New York Times "... philosophical perfection. Each book [in the Verso series of 9-11] offers powerful and highly readable commentary that whirlwinds around the specter of the towers, and together the texts raise an indelibly valuable dialogue where many are still afraid to step. Unbreakable, these volumes are filled with extraordinary ideas and ideals that slowly piece together from one poetic line to the next." -- XLR8R Magazine

About the Author
Jean Baudrillard is the author of, among other works, America, The System of Objects, Impossible Exchange, Screened Out, and The Perfect Crime, all from Verso.