Jean Baudrillard is one of the most controversial and stimulating figures in contemporary philosophy and cultural criticism. Whether embraced or reviled for his reflections on 'hyperreality', he never fails to evoke strong reactions. Yet, all too often, discussion of Baudrillard's ideas takes place at one remove, with much imputed to him. It is sometimes claimed that his writing is too abstract or obscure to analyse rigorously. The Indifferent Paroxyst offers the reader a new way to approach Baudrillard's ideas through the use of the interview format. Closely questioned by French journalist Philippe Petit, Baudrillard covers a vast range of topics, including Fukuyama; 1989 and the collapse of Communism; Bosnia, the Gulf War, Rwanda and the New World Order; globalisation and universalisation; the return of ethnic nationalisms; the nature of war; revisionism and Holocaust denial; Deleuze, Foucault, Bataille and Virilio; nihilism and the apocalyptic; the practice of writing; virtual reality; the West and the East; the culture of victimhood and repentance; human rights and citizenship; French intellectuals and engagement; the nature of capitalism today; consumer society and social exclusion; liberation; death, violence and necrophilia; reality, illusion and the media; and destabilisation of all aspects of life, including sexuality. Baudrillard's answers--which span politics, philosophy and culture--are concise, witty and trenchant, and they serve both as an accessible introduction to his ideas for the newcomer and as a fascinating clarification of recent positions for the connoisseur.
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让·鲍德里亚（Jean Baudrillard，1929—2007），当代哲学与文化批评领域极富争议又触动人心的法国思想家。无论人们拥抱还是拒斥他对“超真实”的反思，他总能挑动大家的神经，引发强烈的反响。然而，人们又总是隔靴搔痒地探讨他的思想，甚或宣称他的书写太过抽象、模糊，缺乏严谨、细致的分析。《临界》则以访谈的形式为大家提供了一条走近鲍德里亚思想的新路径。
菲利普·帕蒂（Philippe Petit，1951— ），法国记者、随笔作家和哲学家，《玛丽安娜》周刊《观念》专栏主编，法国文化频道《知识新途》节目制作人。
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戴阿宝，文学博士，中国艺术研究院研究员，《文艺研究》杂志编辑。著有《终结的力量：鲍德里亚前期思想研究》《趣味批判——我们的日常机制与神话》等，译有《波德里亚：追思与展望》《密码》等。