# Simulacra and Simulation |  | **Simulacra and Simulation** is a 1981 philosophical treatise by the philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, in which he seeks to examine the relationships between reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of culture and media involved in constructing an understanding of shared existence. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Simulacra and Simulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation) | #Type/Source/Text/Book #proto url:: by:: [[Jean Baudrillard]] category:: Reality pages:: 174  [[The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true.]] ## Also By `= this.by` ```dataview TABLE WITHOUT ID file.link AS Name, by AS By, year AS Year, date AS Date FROM #Type WHERE contains(by, this.by) AND by SORT file.etags DESC ```