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At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance.
Jean Baudrillard
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Jean Baudrillard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1929
Born: July 29
Died: 2007
Died: March 6
Anthropologist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
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Sociologist
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Rheims
Ḻāṉ Pōtriyā
Pornography
Sexuality
Heart
Disappearance
Haunted
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