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Who became known in the popular imagination as the notorious French postmodernist philosopher?
1. Jean Baudrillard
2. Derrida
3. Lyotard
4. Roman Rolland
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Jean Baudrillard is known as the notorious French postmodernist philosopher in popular imagination.
- Option 1: Baudrillard gained fame/infamy for concepts like hyperreality and the Gulf War 'did not take place,' making him a cultural icon.
- Derrida (2) belongs to deconstruction;
- Lyotard (3) defined postmodernism, but less 'notorious';
- Rolland (4) was a Nobel-winning humanist, not postmodernist.
Thus, the correct answer is 1.
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