Society Of The Spectacle - Softcover

Guy Debord

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0934868077 ISBN 13: 9780934868075

Publisher: Black & Red, 2000

Synopsis

The Das Kapital of the 20th century. An essential text, and the main theoretical work of the situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960's 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 20th century. This is the original translation by Fredy Perlman, kept in print continuously for the last 30 years, keeping the flame alive when no-one else cared.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Paris in 1931, Guy Debord was a filmmaker, social critic, and founder and longtime member the Situationist International (1957-1972). He died in 1994.

Review:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Black & Red
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0934868077
• ISBN 13: 9780934868075
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132
• Editor: Fredy Perlman (Translator)