From: "Quentin" <1quentin-AT-gte.net> Subject: Baudrillard and war Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 22:27:59 -0600 Baudrillard has written about our rejection of "individuation" (from _The Vital Illusion_) and how we "repent of the emancipation of the individual from the species" (again from TVI). I am new to Baudrillard, and have not yet read _The Gulf War Did Not Take Place_, so perhaps someone can fill me in on how Baudrillard views war and how he explains its occurrence in a species who (supposedly) wish only for reunion. Am I reading too much into it when I think Baudrillard views humanity as wishing for a collective, or is there room for political division within his non-individualistic ideal? On a side note, I would argue that it is exactly this loss of "individuation" and the promotion of a collective which allows wars to take place. Quentin
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