To play with phantoms: Jean Baudrillard and the evil demon of the simulacrum

Economy and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-111

  Merrin, William ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baudrillard; Demon; Hyperreality; Image; Reality; Simulacrum; Simulation; Symbolic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012216917     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140020019106     Document Type: Article

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