We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in the social, our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial coziness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful…

Quote by Jean Baudrillard

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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...

The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give...

The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give...

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...

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

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...

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room....

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room....

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,...

At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance.

At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance.

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,...

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for...

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for...

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is...

There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is...

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.

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,...

Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism...

Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism...

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....

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is...

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is...

At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance

At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance

And why is it that some men just can't deal with the idea that a...

And why is it that some men just can't deal with the idea that a...

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...