Summary of Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation (1981) is a seminal postmodern philosophical text that explores how reality, representation, and meaning have collapsed into a system of signs and simulations. It investigates the relationship between symbols, reality, and society in the context of contemporary media culture, arguing that in late capitalist societies, simulations have replaced reality, creating what he calls hyperreality.