Philosopher Jean Baudrillard Dies
Controversial French philosopher and social critic Jean Baudrillard died Wednesday. He was known for provocative remarks such as his comment that America was the "only remaining primitive society." Mark Poster, a professor at the University of California at Irvine who was Baudrillard's friend and editor, talks with Madeleine Brand.

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