#Gulf war
In 1991, throughout the turmoil of the Gulf War, French philosopher Jaun Baudrillard published a collection of essays in the Guardian and Libération under the title ‘The Gulf War Did Not Take Place’. He did not imply that the war did not actually take place, but that everything that was said about it was an illusion. The events leading up to the war looked like a perfectly manufactured scene from Hollywood – they were not real, but a promotion. All information on…
