What is a society without a heroic dimension?

Quote by Jean Baudrillard

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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 day the world ends, no one will be there, just as no one was...

The day the world ends, no one will be there, just as no one was...

What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction....

What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction....

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...

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...

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

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.

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

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

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...

It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who...

It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who...

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in...

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in...

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 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,...

You are born modern, you do not become so.

You are born modern, you do not become so.

I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare...

I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare...

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising...

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising...

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.

Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in...

Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in...

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...