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- Title
- RETHINKING THE SPECTACLE
- Author
- PENNER, DEVIN
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- NEW
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0774860502
- ISBN 13
- 9780774860505
Spectacle is usually considered a superficial form of politics, which tries to distract and deceive a passive audience. It is difficult to see how this type of politics could be reconciled with the democratic requirement of active and informed agency. Rethinking the Spectacle reexamines the tension between spectacle and political agency using the ideas and practices of Guy Debord and the Situationist International as a point of departure. Drawing on radical democratic theory and examining case studies such as the 2011 Occupy movement, Devin Penner concludes that spectacle can and should be used to mobilize the public for egalitarian purposes.
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About the Author
Devin Penner is assistant professor in the Department of Political Studies at Trent University.
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