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Jean Baudrillard Quotes on Truth

Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist and philosopher and one of the most provocative voices of late twentieth-century social theory. This page collects quotes attributed to Jean Baudrillard on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Jean Baudrillard:

    “We live in the desert of the real.”

  • Attributed to Jean Baudrillard:

    “Simulation precedes reality in the postmodern era.”

  • Attributed to Jean Baudrillard:

    “Hyperreality replaces reality in the age of mass media.”

  • Attributed to Jean Baudrillard:

    “The Gulf War did not take place.”

  • Attributed to Jean Baudrillard:

    “We have to forget that we are dealing with copies; that is the secret of the simulacrum.”