When the real is no longer what it was, nostalgia assumes i… - Jean Baudrillard

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When the real is no longer what it was, nostalgia assumes its full meaning.

Jean Baudrillard

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(27 July 1929 – 6 March 2007) was a French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator, and photographer. His work is frequently associated with postmodernism and specifically post-structuralism.

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