In The Matrix, one of his characters (Neo) reads a book by French philosopher Jean Baudrillard. With this book, Neo tries to understand where is reality and where is the matrix of the real world. The attention of the creators of this film to the works of Baudrillat-ra is not accidental: he was called the "guru" of postmodern, he introduced the concept of hyperreality ("matrix") to refer to the processes taking place in the world. According to Baudrillard, the Western world has lost its sense of reality, it is moving towards the Apocalypse, when death becomes the last bastion - any power and economy is based on it in our time. Another French philosopher - Emile Michel Sioran - agrees with Baudrillard that European civilization is in deep crisis, but is trying to joke on the edge of the abyss. With dark humor, Sioran assesses the present and future of Europe, society, European man. The book presented to your attention contains the most significant works of these two outstanding thinkers of the 20th century.