Resumen

TELLEZ, Magaldy. Social Disintegration and the Trans-Political Era: A Baudrillardian Look at the Postmodern Condition. Utopìa y Praxis Latinoamericana [online]. 2009, vol.14, n.47, pp.11-40. ISSN 1315-5216.

The objective of this essay is to reconstruct some aspects of Baudrillardian analysis regarding the postmodern condition, especially the question about social and politic disintegration, and thereby, show that his analyses, whether shared or not, have allowed him to construct new concepts to diagnose new phenomena, making his contributions to current ontology undeniable.

Palabras clave : Post modernity; sign; seduction; simulacrum; symbolic interchange; consumer society; social disintegration.