Texts by Jean Baudrillard, 1996

Eddie Yeghiayan

• "L'art entre utopie et anticipation." In Les Sciences de la prévision. Collection Points/Sciences. Paris: Seuil/France Culture, 1996.
        Reprinted in Entrevues à propos du 'complot de l'art' (1997).

• "Le complot de l'art." Libération (May 20, 1996).
        Reprinted in Écran total (1997), pp. 205-209.

• Cool Memories II, 1987-1990. Post-Contemporary Interventions. Durham, NC: Duke University Press; Cambridge: Polity, 1996.
        Translation by Chris Turner of Cool Memories II (1990).

• El crimen perfecto. Coleccion Argumentos, 181. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1996.
        Spanish translation by Joaquin Jorda of Le Crime parfait (1995).

• "Deep Blue ou la mélancolie de l'ordinateur." Libération (April 1, 1996), 4623:4.
        See Écran total (1997), pp. 181-186.

• "Disneyworld Company." Libération (March 4, 1996), 4599: 7.
        See Écran total (1997), pp. 169-173.

• "Disneyworld Company" C-Theory (March 27, 1996). http://www.ctheory.com/e25-disneyworld-comp.html

• "Entretien avec Jean Baudrillard." Sociétés (February 1996), 5:5-10.
        Interview conducted by Juremir Machado da Silva.

• "From Symbolic Exchange and Death." In Lawrence E. Cahoone, ed.,From Modernism to Postmodernism: An Anthology, pp. 437-460. Oxford & Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1996.
        See Symbolic Exchange and Death (1993), Chapter 1, 6-12, Chapter 2, pp. 50, 55-66, 70-76.

• "Global Debt and Parallel Universe" C-Theory (October 16, 1996). http://www.ctheory.com/e31-global_debt.html

• "Interview with Jean Baudrillard." The Block Reader in Visual Culture. London & New York: Routledge, 1996.
        Interview conducted by Judith Williamson.
        See "Interview with Jean Baudrillard" (1989).

• "Jean Baudrillard: La commedia dell'arte/The Comedy of Art." Art Press (September 1996), 216:43-48.
        Bilingual.
        Translated by Charles Penwarden.
        Interview with Catherine Francblin.
        Reprinted in Entrevues à propos du 'complot de l'art' (1997).

• "'Je n'ai pas la nostalgie des valeurs esthétiques anciennes'." Le Monde (June 9-10, 1996):22.
        Interview with Geneviève Breerette.
        Part of a page entitled "Un débat passionné sur la 'modernité' divise le monde de l'art."
        Reprinted in Entrevues à propos du 'complot de l'art' (1997).

• "Le mondial et l'universel." Libération (March 18, 1996), 4611:7.
        See Écran total (1997), pp. 175-179.

• "No Pity for Sarajevo." Aperture (Winter 1996), 142:48-51.
        Photographs by Jean-Claude Coutausse.
        Translation by William La Riche of "Pas de pitié pour Sarajevo" (1993)

• "No Pity for Sarajevo." In Thomas Cushman and Stjepan G. Mestrovic, eds., This Time We Knew: Western Responses to Genocide in Bosnia, pp. 80-84. New York: New York University Press, 1996.
        Translation by James Patterson of "Pas de pitié pour Sarajevo" (1993).

• The Perfect Crime. London & New York: Verso, 1996.
  Contents:
  The Perfect Crime:1-7
  The Spectre of the Will:8-15
  The Radical Illusion:16-19
  Trompe-l'oeil Genesis:20-24
  The Automatic Writing of the World:25-34
  The Horizon of Disappearance:35-44
  The Countdown:45-50
  The Material Illusion:51-59
  The Secret Vestiges of Perfection:60-63
  The Height of Reality:64-70
  The Irony of Technology:71-74
  Machinic Snobbery:75-84
  Objects in This Mirror:85-89
  The Babel Syndrome:90-93
  Radical Thought:94-105
  The Other Side of the Crime
  The World Without Women:111-114
  The Surgical Removal of Otherness:115-123
  The 'Laying-Off' of Desire:124-130
  The New Victim Order:131-141
  Indifference and Hatred:142-147
  The Revenge of the Mirror People:148-149
        Translation by Chris Turner of Le Crime parfait (1995).

• "Ruminations pour encéphales spongieux." Libération (April 15, 1996), 4635:4.
        See Écran total (1997), pp. 193-197.

• "Serbian Aggression in Bosnia and Western Values." Infini (Spring 1996), 53:17-19.
        In French.

• O svadeni. Odkazy na lit. Olomouc: Votobia, 1996.
        Czech translation by Alena Dvorackova of De la Séduction (1979).

• The System of Objects. London & New York: Verso, 1996.
  Contents:
  A. The Functional System, or Objective Discourse.
  I. Structures of Interior Design:15-29
  II. Structures of Atmosphere:30-62
  III. Conclusion: Naturalness and Functionality:63-65
  Addendum: The Domestic World and the Car:65-69
  B. The Non-Functional System, or Subjective Discourse.
  I. Marginal Objects: Antiques:73-84
  II. A Marginal System: Collecting:85-106
  C. The Metafunctional and Dysfunctional System: Gadgets and Robots:107-133
  D. The Socio-Ideological System of Objects and Their Consumption
  I. Models and Series:137-155
  II. Credit:156-163
  III. Advertising:164-196
  Conclusion: Towards a Definition of 'Consumption':197-205
        Translation by James Benedict of Le Système des objets (1968).

• "The West's Serbianization." In Thomas Cushman and Stjepan G. Mestrovic, eds., This Time We Knew: Western Responses to Genocide in Bosnia, pp. 84-86. New York: New York University Press, 1996.
        Translation by James Patterson of "Asserbissement occidental" (1995).

• "When the West Stands In for the Dead." In Thomas Cushman and Stjepan G. Mestrovic, eds., This Time We Knew: Western Responses to Genocide in Bosnia, pp. 87-89. New York: New York University Press, 1996.
        Translation by James Patterson of "Quand l'Occident prend la place du mort" (1995).