Society of the Spectacle

Society of the Spectacle

by Guy Debord
ISBN-10:
0934868077
ISBN-13:
9780934868075
Pub. Date:
01/01/2002
Publisher:
Black & Red
ISBN-10:
0934868077
ISBN-13:
9780934868075
Pub. Date:
01/01/2002
Publisher:
Black & Red
Society of the Spectacle

Society of the Spectacle

by Guy Debord
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Overview

Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's The Society of the Spectacle. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960s up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism and everyday life in the late twentieth century. Now finally available in a superb English translation approved by the author, Debord's text remains as crucial as ever for understanding the contemporary effects of power, which are increasingly inseparable from the new virtual worlds of our rapidly changing image/information culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780934868075
Publisher: Black & Red
Publication date: 01/01/2002
Pages: 132
Sales rank: 392,819
Product dimensions: 5.24(w) x 8.62(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Writer, filmmaker, and cultural revolutionary, Guy Debord (1931—1994) was a founding member of the Lettrist International and Situationist International groups.

His films and books, including Society of the Spectacle (1967),were major catalysts for philosophical and political changes in the twentieth century, and helped trigger the May 1968 rebellion in France.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third French Edition7
ISeparation Perfected11
IIThe Commodity as Spectacle25
IIIUnity and Division Within Appearances35
IVThe Proletariat as Subject and Representation47
VTime and History91
VISpectacular Time109
VIIEnvironmental Planning119
VIIINegation and Consumption in the Cultural Sphere129
IXIdeology in Material Form149

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"In all that has happened in the last twenty years, the most important change lies in the very continuity of the spectacle. Quite simply, the spectacle"s domination has succeeded in raising a whole generation moulded to its laws. The extraordinary new conditions in which this entire generation has lived constitute a comprehensive summary of all that, henceforth, the spectacle will forbid; and also all that it will permit." Guy Debord (1988)

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