Apocalypse matrix. The last sunset of Europe

In the film “Matrix”, one of his heroes (Neo) reads the book of the French philosopher Jean Bodriyar. With the help of this book, Neo tries to understand where the reality is, and where the matrix of the real world.
The attention of the creators of this film to the works of Baudrillard was not accidental: he was called the guru of postmodern, he introduced the concept of hyperreality (matrices) to designate the processes taking place in the world. According to Baudrillard, the Western world has lost a sense of reality, he moves to the Apocalypse, when death becomes the last bastion, any power and economics are based on it in our time.
Another French philosopher - Emil Michel Sioran agrees with Baudrillaria that European civilization is experiencing a deep crisis, but tries to joke on the edge of the abyss. With gloomy humor, Sioran evaluates the present and future of Europe, society, and European man.
The book, presented to your attention, collects the most significant works of these two outstanding thinkers of the 20th century