Sadie Plant (Re: postmodernism and neoclassical economics

[Michael Hoover]

> I don't believe I've
> ever read the editor of a collection write something like this in the
> intro: "Baudrillard's writing is open to several criticisms. He fails to
> define his major terms, such as the code; his writing style is hyperbolic
> and declarative, often lacking sustained, systematic analysis when it is
> appropriate; he totalizes [gasp!] his insights, refusing to qualify or
> delimit his claims. 
> Doug

Doug Kellner's take in _Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism 
and Beyond_ (seems it is always 'beyond' with B) is pretty good: 
surrender to the Right's hegemony and partnership with aristocratic 
conservatism, 'non-ruthless' criticism of everything posing no challenge 
to established interests, revelling in consumer/media society and 
prophecizing 'brave new world' while masking persistence of 'bad old 
one'...Michael Hoover