- International Journal of Baudrillard Studies
Infobox Journal
title = International Journal of Baudrillard Studies
editor = Gerry Coulter
discipline = Philosophy, Critical Theory
language = English
abbreviation = IJBS
publisher =Bishops University
country =Canada
history =2004 to present
openaccess = Yes
website = http://www.ubishops.ca/BaudrillardStudies/
link1 = http://www.ubishops.ca/BaudrillardStudies/editor.htm
link1-name = Editorial Board
ISSN = 1705-6411
OCLC = 55065841About
The International Journal of Baudrillard Studies (IJBS) is an international, peer-reviewed,
open access , non-profit, transdisciplinary publication dedicated to engaging the thought and writing ofJean Baudrillard . The journal is edited by Gerry Coulter [ [http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/wom/faculty.html Gerry Coulter's staff page at Bishops University] ] .IJBS was born out of the need for a scholarly venture on Baudrillard that would "be not only the best thing on the web about Baudrillard, but (would) drive a wedge into the “pay-per use” journal industry (Ruiz:2005) [ [http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~nr03/Gerry%20Coulter%20Interview.htm Ruiz III, Nicholas (2005) 'An Interview with Gerry Coulter' "Kritikos", Volume 2, September] ] . The journal is part of a worldwide academic trend in the humanities and other disciplines to move away from traditional publishing, which restricts access to knowledge only amongst those who can afford to pay. The
Open Humanities Press has called it a "crisis in scholarly publishing in the humanities" [ [http://openhumanitiespress.org/about-ohp.html See the About page at Open Humanities Press] ] .Baudrillardean approach
The journal takes a Baudrillardean approach by sacrificing system for strategy, and keeping theory as a challenge to the real to expose itself as illusion [Baudrillard, Jean (2000) "The Vital Illusion". New York: Columbia University Press] . Baudrillard's works are often misrepresented by a highly mass mediated and consumerist world, making them popular and fashionable, but not taken seriously. Thus, IJBS makes use of the system it attempts to challenge to proliferate. Borrowing from Rex Butler's [Butler, Rex, (1999) "Jean Baudrillard. The Defence of the Real" London: Sage p171.] view of the philosopher, IJBS does not fall into the trap of following a doctrine but make use of the internet to transform, translate, seduce, and double Baudrillard.
Impact
The
International Journal of Žižek Studies is inspired by IJBS.References
External Links
* [http://www.ubishops.ca/BaudrillardStudies/index.html International Journal of Baudrillard Studies]
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