Self-described "intellectual terrorist" Jean Baudrillard is one of the most important and provocative writers of the contemporary era. Widely acclaimed as the prophet to postmodernity, he has famously announced the disappearance of the subject, political economy, meaning, truth, the social, and the real in contemporary social formations.

Douglas Kellner has published widely in aspects of postmodern theory and mass communications. His many books include Jean Baudrillard (1989).