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    This document discusses several concepts from postmodern philosophy and critical theory, including semiotics, structuralism, the death of God, the will to power, critical theory, deconstruction, simulacra and simulation, and the works of philosophers like Nietzsche, Foucault, and Baudrillard. It also analyzes how some of these concepts might apply in debates regarding policymaking, immigration, and critiques of oppression.

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    This document discusses several concepts from postmodern philosophy and critical theory, including semiotics, structuralism, the death of God, the will to power, critical theory, deconstruction, simulacra and simulation, and the works of philosophers like Nietzsche, Foucault, and Baudrillard. It also analyzes how some of these concepts might apply in debates regarding policymaking, immigration, and critiques of oppression.

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    This document discusses several concepts from postmodern philosophy and critical theory, including semiotics, structuralism, the death of God, the will to power, critical theory, deconstruction, simulacra and simulation, and the works of philosophers like Nietzsche, Foucault, and Baudrillard. It also analyzes how some of these concepts might apply in debates regarding policymaking, immigration, and critiques of oppression.

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    The document discusses several philosophical concepts related to signs, language, communication, and culture including semiotics, structuralism, and deconstruction. It also references postmodern thinkers like Baudrillard and debates around policy, education, and politics.

    Some of the main topics discussed include semiotics, structuralism, the hero's journey, Nietzschean philosophy, the 20th century, deconstruction, Baudrillard, memes, and debates regarding policy, education, and politics.

    Some of the philosophical concepts regarding language and communication that are mentioned include Ferdinand de Saussure's view of language as a system of rules, Claude Levi-Strauss' idea that the rules of language constitute culture, and the idea that humans communicate through signs.

    Semiotics

    What is this?
    • Denotation

    • Connotation
    Semiotics
    • The study of signs and their meaning.

    • How do we communicate?
    Structuralism
    1. Ferdinand de Saussure

    - Language is a system of rules.

    - We implicitly understand these rules.

    2. Claude Levi-Strauss

    - The rules of language constitute a culture.

    - Humans are subjects communicating with signs.


    The Hero’s Journey
    God Is Dead
    • God is Dead
    – Premodernity > Modernity
    – End of Western metaphysics
    – Nihilism: The conclusion that there is no meaning

    – Apollo/ Dionysian
    – Herd Mentality

    • Morality
    – Beyond Good & Evil
    – Nobility vs Slave Morality
    – Ressentiment

    • The Will-To-Power
    • - This world is the will to power—and nothing besides! And you yourselves are also
    this will to power—and nothing besides! (The Will to Power)
    The 20th Century
    • WWI & WWII
    – European imperialism
    – The Rise of Fascism
    – World War

    • The Frankfurt School


    – Critical Theory
    – Nietzsche + Marx
    – The Culture Industry

    • The Cold War


    – Third World Revolutions
    – Stalinism in Soviet Union
    – US imperialism
    Deconstruction
    • Logocentrism

    • Difference

    • Same/Other
    Is this a pipe?
    Is the word “word” a word?
    Baudrillard
    • The Empire of Maps
    Memes
    Simulacra & Simulation
    • 1. Literal: A reflection of a profound reality

    • 2. Symbolic: It perverts a basic reality

    • 3. Textual: It masks the absence of a basic


    reality

    • 4. Hyperreal: It bears no relation to any reality


    The Hyperreal
    Baudrillard vs Policy Aff
    • Policy Aff: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its
    restrictions on legal immigration to the United States.

    Links:
    • USFG
    • Plan
    • Policy Making (tax)
    • Debate
    • Images of Suffering
    Alt:
    Terrorist Singularity
    Radical Alterity
    Baudrillard vs K
    • Kritik Aff: Unflinching Paradigmatic Analysis of
    Antiblackness
    – Links
    • Images of Suffering/ Wounded Attachment
    • Debate Simulation
    • Radical Politics as Hyperreality
    – Alt
    • Neg on presumption
    Baudrillard Aff vs FW
    • Baudrillard aff vs FW

    • 2AC:
    – FW = simulation
    – DA to Edu & Fairness
    – DA to Policy Making (tax bill/Obamacare)
    Baudrillard Aff vs Kritik
    • Baudrillard aff vs Cap K

    • 2AC:
    – Debate Simulation
    – Marxism =/= Postmodern alienation
    Baudrillard Kritik
    • Plan Aff Kritik Aff
    – Links Links
    • Moral framework Resistance is futile!
    • Actor Representation replaces praxis
    • Plan The Ballot/ Debate
    • Policy Making
    Agency links
    • Debate

    – Impacts Impacts
    • Simulation Simulation
    • Murder of the Real
    • Murder of Alterity Alternative
    Reject the Aff
    – Alternative Vote Neg on Presumption
    • Alterity
    • Terrorist singularity

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