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It is not enough for theory to describe and analyze, it must itself be an event in the universe it describes.
Jean Baudrillard
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Jean Baudrillard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1929
Born: July 29
Died: 2007
Died: March 6
Anthropologist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Photographer
Professor
Sociologist
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Rheims
Ḻāṉ Pōtriyā
Events
Universe
Enough
Acceleration
Must
Describes
Analyze
Describe
Event
Theory
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