Simulacrum: For Baudrillard, a simulacrum is a copy without an original. It is a sign that refers to nothing but itself. Baudrillard argues that we live in a world of simulacra, where images and representations have replaced reality. See also World, Reality, Fiction, Pictures, Signs, Imagination, Knowledge, Certainty._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |