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.

Quote by Jean Baudrillard

Topics: Jean Baudrillard Quotes

Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark,...

Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark,...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In...

Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In...

At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of...

At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

You are born modern, you do not become so.

You are born modern, you do not become so.

The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence.

The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence.

To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of...

To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of...

Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are...

Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are...

We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness...

We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness...

The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up...

The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up...

Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise...

Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise...

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.

Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death...

Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death...

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible....

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible....

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it,...

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it,...

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop...

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop...

If you say, I love you, then you have already fallen in love with language,...

If you say, I love you, then you have already fallen in love with language,...