CONTRIBUTI / 1 / Nicholas Hardy /
In this article, we examine the affinities between the thought of Jean Baudrillard and that of Walter Benjamin. Through the analysis of central concepts drawn mainly from Simulacres et simulation and from Benjamin’s L’œuvre d’art à l’ère de sa reproductibilité technique, notably through their respective critiques of culture, we believe that Benjamin foresees a cultural shift or historic rupture, which announces central analogous themes developed later by Baudrillard. The following exegetical work bridges the thought of these two thinkers, allowing a deeper understanding of their contributions to social theory, and to our understanding of culture.
