7/28/2019 Critical Context Essay Precession Simulacra
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CriticalContextEssayanalysis,presentationsandapplicationtothestories
Usetheseoutlinestoaidyourunderstandingofthecriticalessays.
Thenaddyournotesandnotesfromother
membersofyourgrouptocreateyouroverviewforyourclasspresentation.
ThenhavethissheethandyasyoureadeachstoryintheDisastersandApocalypsesection,lookingforpartsthat
apply.
ThePrecessionofSimulacrabyJeanBaudrillardPointsofViewandPerspectives
Todissimulateistopretendnottohavewhatonehas.
Tosimulateistofeigntohavewhatonedoesnthave.
ThesisSimulationthreatensthedifferencebetweenthetrueandthefalse,therealandtheimaginary.
(p.
443)Simulationbeginswheretheseparationbetweentwooppositesstops
Supportingpoints TheDivineIrreferenceofImages
o
itisdangeroustounmaskimagessincetheydissimulatethefactthatthereisanotherbehindthem.(p.445)
o
representationstemsfromtheprincipleoftheequivalenceofthesignadoftherealo
Imagesthen:
arethereflectionofaprofoundreality
maskanddenatureaprofoundreality masktheabsenceofaprofoundreality
havenorelationtanyrealitywhatsoever:aretheirownpuresimulacrum(p.445)
Ramses,ortheRoseyColoredResurrectiono
Ourentirelinearandaccumulativeculturecollapsesifwecannotstockpilethepastinplain
view.(p.448)
o
Werequireavisiblepast,avisiblecontinuum,avisiblemythoforigin,whichreassuresusaboutourend.(p.448)
TheHyperrealandtheImaginaryo
Disneylandisaperfectmodelofalltheentangledordersofsimulacra.(p.449)o
Disneylandispresentedasimaginaryinordertomakeusbelieverthattherestisreal,whereas
allofLosAngelesandtheAmericanthatsurrounditareolongerreal,butbelongtothe
hyperrealorderandtotheorderofsimulation.
o
Everywheretodayonemustrecyclewaste,andthedreams,thephantasms,thehistorical,fairylike,legendaryimaginaryofchildrenandadultsisawasteproduct,thefirstgreattoxic
excrementof
ahyperreal
civilization.
TheEndofPanopticon3o
theLoudsthetypicalAmericanfamilycomparerealityTVnowo
TVisnolongeramediumintheliteralsense;itisnotintangible,diffused,anddiffractedinthe
real,andonecannolongerevensaythatthemediumisalteredbyit.
o
Thewholetraditionalworldofcausalityisinquestionthedistinctionbetweencauseandeffect,betweenactiveandpassive,betweensubjectandobject,betweentheendandthe
means.
