Sociology · Postmodern Social Theory

Arrange the following conceptual stages in the evolution of society towards Jean Baudrillard's 'hyper reality' in chronological order: I. Societies operating under different modes of production driven by exploitation and profit motives. II. The transition to a society involved more with the 'code of production', dominated by signs and systems. III. Signs becoming self-referential in postmodern society, characterized by simulations and simulacra. IV. The establishment of 'hyper reality' where electronic media becomes more real than actual reality, threatening to banish the 'real' altogether. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: