The term 'simulacra' in postmodern discourse is about:
- A. the lack of a vivid representation of reality
- B. an artificially made reality presented as authentic
- C. the rejection of the modernist view of reality
- D. the gap between perception and reality
- E. psychological interplay at the subconscious level
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Correct answer: C. (A) and (B) only
Explanation
For Baudrillard (Simulacra and Simulation, 1981) the simulacrum is a copy without an original: signs no longer represent a real but manufacture a 'hyperreal' that passes for reality.
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