This video provides an extensive analysis on the writings of the 20th century French philosopher Jean Baudrillard and his perspectives upon the body within the domain of a modern consumerist society and neoliberal capitalist system. Foucault's notion of biopolitics emerging from the 17th century onwards, and bodies in relation to social media in the 21st century are additionally covered subjects of interest. The main scholars I cite are; Jean Baudrillard (philosophical analysis), Michel Foucault (historical-philosophical analysis), Dawn Woolley (social analysis) and Byung Chul Han (technological analysis).

• For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign (Jean Baudrillard, 1972)
• The History of Sexuality Volume I (Michel Foucault, 1976)
• Consuming the Body: Capitalism, Social Media and Commodification (Dawn Woolley, 2022)
• Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power (Byung Chul Han, 2017)

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0:00 - Introduction
3:51 - Foucault and the Body
14:53 - Baudrillard and the Body
34:28 - Bodies and Neoliberalism

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