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Comments on the Society of the Spectacle (Third Edition) (Radical Thinkers)
Guy Debord
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Paperback. Stinging revolutionary critique of contemporary society. Series: Radical Thinkers Classic Editions. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
First published in 1967, Guy Debord's stinging revolutionary critique ofcontemporary society, The Society of the Spectacle has since acquired acult status. Credited by many as being the inspiration for the ideasgenerated by the events of May 1968 in France, Debord's pitiless attackon commodity fetishism and its incrustation in the practices of everydaylife continues to burn brightly in today's age of satellite televisionand the soundbite. In Comments on the Society of the Spectacle, publishedtwenty years later, Debord returned to the themes of his previousanalysis and demonstrated how they were all the more relevant in aperiod when the "integrated spectacle" was dominant. ... Read more
First published in 1967, Guy Debord's stinging revolutionary critique ofcontemporary society, The Society of the Spectacle has since acquired acult status. Credited by many as being the inspiration for the ideasgenerated by the events of May 1968 in France, Debord's pitiless attackon commodity fetishism and its incrustation in the practices of everydaylife continues to burn brightly in today's age of satellite televisionand the soundbite. In Comments on the Society of the Spectacle, publishedtwenty years later, Debord returned to the themes of his previousanalysis and demonstrated how they were all the more relevant in aperiod when the "integrated spectacle" was dominant. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso
Number of pages
94
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Radical Thinkers
Condition
New
Weight
146g
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844676729
SKU
V9781844676729
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About Guy Debord
Guy Debord was born in Paris in 1931 and committed suicide in 1994. A Marxist theorist, French writer, poet, filmmaker, hypergraphist and founding member of the groups Letterist International and Situationist International, Debord is best known as the leading theoretician of the situationist movement. His works translated into English include The Society of the Spectacle, Comments on the Society of ... Read more
Reviews for Comments on the Society of the Spectacle (Third Edition) (Radical Thinkers)
Guy Debord is a time bomb, and a difficult one to defuse.A" Michael Lowy