Society of the Spectacle - Softcover

Debord, Guy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955955335 ISBN 13: 9780955955334

Publisher: Soul Bay Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Soul Bay Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0955955335
• ISBN 13: 9780955955334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 141