In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities
Published one year after Forget Foucault, In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities (1978) may be the most important sociopolitical manifesto of the twentieth century: it calls for nothing less than the end of both sociology and politics. Disenfranchised revolutionaries (the Red Brigades, the Baader-Meinhof Gang) hoped to reach the masses directly through spectacular actions,but their message merely played into the hands of the media and the state. In a media society meaning has no meaning...
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Baudrillard's remarkably prescient meditation on terrorism throws light on post-9/11 delusional fears and political simulations.
Introduction: Requiem for the Masses 7In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities 33...Or, the End of the Social 77the Implosion of Meaning in the Media 97Event and Non-Event 111
