Abstract
Resisting the closure offered by most obituaries upon the death of Jean Baudrillard, this paper considers instead what remains unknown and unexplored in Baudrillard's work. It offers an overview of his career and reception, highlighting the aporias in our critical understanding of his development and ideas, as well as considering the question of his own theoretical methodology and the problem of how his project can continue with his demise. The paper argues that after Baudrillard a twofold project remains to us: to deepen our understanding of his work and its development, influences and critical position, and follow Baudrillard's own mode of thought; and use this understanding to continue his critique, to escalate our own understanding of and response to the advance of simulation.
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