Baudrillard never theorized postmodernism and actively repudiated it.

Evidence

For although his ideas certainly contributed to its crystallization, and his style can be regarded as paradigmatic of its form, he himself has never theorized postmodernism, and his single extended pronouncement on it is a virulent repudiation: see ‘The Anorexic Ruins’, in D. — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 195

Categorization

  • QUESTION: Worth chasing: Baudrillard is routinely called a postmodern theorist, yet he never theorized it — a striking genealogy wrinkle for the debate.