Simulacra and Simulation

Simulacra and Simulation
	Cover of the first edition
Author	Jean Baudrillard
Original title	Simulacres et Simulation
Translators	Paul Foss, Paul Batton & Philip Beitchman
Country	France
Language	French
Subject	Simulacra, Semiotics
Publisher	Éditions Galilée (French) & Semiotext(e) (English)
Publication date	1981
Published in English	1983
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	164 pp
ISBN	2-7186-0210-4 (French) & ISBN 0-472-06521-1 (English)
OCLC	7773126
Dewey Decimal	194 19
LC Class	BD236 .B38

Simulacra and Simulation (French: Simulacres et Simulation) is a 1981 philosophical treatise by the philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, in which he seeks to examine the relationships between reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of culture and media involved in constructing an understanding of shared existence.

Simulacra are copies that depict things that either had no original, or that no longer have an original.^[1] Simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time.^[2]

^ Goldman, Robert; Papson, Stephen (30 August 2003). "Simulacra definition". Information technology. Canton, New York: St. Lawrence University. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
^ Banks, Jerry; Carson, John S. II; Nelson, Barry L.; Nicol, David M. (2001). Discrete-Event System Simulation. London, England: Pearson Education. p. 3. ISBN 0-13-088702-1.

[1] Goldman, Robert; Papson, Stephen (30 August 2003). "Simulacra definition". Information technology. Canton, New York: St. Lawrence University. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

[definition-2] Banks, Jerry; Carson, John S. II; Nelson, Barry L.; Nicol, David M. (2001). Discrete-Event System Simulation. London, England: Pearson Education. p. 3. ISBN 0-13-088702-1.

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