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Ce texte propose une interprétation des phénomènes culturels liés à Westworld – le long métrage (1973) et la série télévisée de HBO (2016) – utilisant Baudrillard comme matrice épistémologique centrale en dialogue avec les auteurs actuels sur la société hyperréelle , l'économie politique et la technologie. Il propose également de brèves réflexions sur la politique des auteurs , l'esthétique et la narration dans les deux productions afin d'explorer ses marques techno-culturelles.

Tradition helps to ensure continuity and stability in human affairs, signifying both the handing down of cultural heritage from one generation to the next, and the particular customs, beliefs and rituals being handed down. In the social sciences, tradition has been a central concept from the very start. Yet - to update the old quip about nostalgia - tradition is not what it used to be. Twenty years ago, Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger showed in "The Invention of Tradition" how new governments acquire legitimacy and status by creating 'traditional' ceremonies and identities.Their wor

This article is devoted to the general heritage of Themistius, the orator, philosopher, and rhetorician who worked in Constantinople in the second half of the fourth century. All previous works have considered only his philosophical ideas. The author pays special attention to Themistius's orations, which are divided into political (19) and private (15). Themistius still has not been appreciated for his true value as an orator, philosopher, and especially as a rhetorician of Late Antiquity. His orations are an important historical source on political theory, the history of education, and rhetoric.