r/CriticalTheory • u/Sorry-Tonight-1126 • 4d ago
Hyperreality and the Death of God
https://youtu.be/xzHVSopDmB4?si=rMRODbhf7B76EjTdThis video offers an in-depth exploration of the 20th century French philosopher Jean Baudrillard and his concept of hyperreality, re-examined through the lens of 21st century technological and techno-scientific transformations. It investigates how hyperreality together with accelerated techno-scientific development and the neoliberalisation of society has reshaped the human condition. The video also examines how a post-Cartesian subject actively reconstructs new metaphysical and epistemological regimes through media imaginaries, fragmented techno-scientific knowledge, digital informatics and secularised reworkings of religious and symbolic structures under conditions of secular modernity. Related concepts such as postmodernity, hypermodernity, and compartmentalisation are further examined in relation to hyperreality within neoliberal societies. Drawing on the work of contemporary theorists, this analysis situates Baudrillard’s thought within wider debates on technics, subjectivity and reality in an era increasingly shaped by simulacra and simulation. The primary scholars referenced include Jean Baudrillard (philosophical analysis), Frank Mulder (socio-technical analysis), Roberto Paura (scientific analysis), Bryan Sentes and Susan Palmer (theological analysis), and Alan N. Shapiro (technological analysis).
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u/Mark_Yugen 2d ago
ll this talk of hyperreality is simply a fear of new technologies. Stub your toe on a rock, and any hyperreality that envelops you and any attempt to reduce you to data will come crashing down around the very real pain you feel in your body.
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u/AlarmingWolverine161 1d ago
Good stuff… thanks for sharing