Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly. Jean Baudrillard believebeneathdeath share on social
What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction. It is, indeed, on this fictive basis that it dominates the world. Jean Baudrillard americabasisdominate Change image and share on social
There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart. Jean Baudrillard affectcapitaldouble share on social
The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil. Jean Baudrillard antagonismdialecticalequilibrium Change image and share on social
A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy. Jean Baudrillard jealousyjudgmentnegative Change image and share on social
In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning. Jean Baudrillard abjectionexerciselearn Change image and share on social
Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society. Jean Baudrillard bluffconsciencedeep Change image and share on social
What is a society without a heroic dimension? Jean Baudrillard dimensionheroicsociety Change image and share on social
It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him. Jean Baudrillard believepoliticianstop Change image and share on social
There is no aphrodisiac like innocence. Jean Baudrillard aphrodisiacinnocence Change image and share on social
