Jean Baudrillard’s provocative „radical thinking“ has been criticized harshly by political theorists many times. To relativize this critic, its development will be put into context in this thesis. The question is then whether it is a political theory and if, in which way it is one. To point this out, it is being compared with other political theories and different dimensions of Baudrillard’s thinking are being identified. All in all, the results can lead to inspiring considerations for the profession of political theory which are being discussed in a concluding chapter.
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Jean Baudrillard’s provocative „radical thinking“ has been criticized harshly by political theorists many times. To relativize this critic, its development will be put into context in this thesis. The question is then whether it is a political theory and if, in which way it is one. To point this out, it is being compared with other political theories and different dimensions of Baudrillard’s thinking are being identified. All in all, the results can lead to inspiring considerations for the profe...
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