2. Simulacra and Simulation originated in 1981 and is a philosophical treatise
invented by Jean Baudrillard. It focuses on identifying and examining the
different relationships between society, symbol and reality . As people, we are
used to thinking that the world in which we live in is made up of things such as
objects and people .etc. Jean Baudrillard examines this and says that is not the
case. He implies that the culture has taken priority over the things that they
actually signify.
Baudrilard takes the idea of the reversal
of nature-culture to culture-nature to
hyperbolic lengths and alters them into
society. The word “simulacrum” is used
to denote a representation of a fake
version.
Simulacra & Simulation
3. Simulacra and simulation is broken down into four stages:
1. Part where we believe that we are correct e.g.: a sign is a reflection of profound reality ,
a good appearance called “ The sacramental order”
2. Second part focuses of the prevention of reality, believing that the ‘sign’ is a unfaithful
copy that covers reality and changes it into having and evil appearance.
3. The third part covers the absence of reality,
the sign intimidates a faithful copy but in fact
isn’t . It claims to represent something real but
it isn’t really.
4.The last part, focuses on pure simulation. The
simulacrum has no relationship with reality, it
simply reflects other signs.
