The society of the spectacle / Guy Debord ; translated and annotated by Ken Knabb.

By:

Debord, Guy, 1931-1994

Contributor(s):

Knabb, Ken [trl]

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Berkeley (CA) : Bureau of Public Secrets, 2014.Description: 150 p. : 21 cmISBN:

9780939682065

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Contents:

Ch. 1. Separation perfected -- Ch. 2. The commodity as spectacle -- Ch. 3. Unity and division within appearances -- Ch. 4. The proletariat as subject and representation -- Ch. 5. Time and history -- Ch. 6. Spectacular time -- Ch. 7. Territorial management -- Ch. 8. Negation and consumption within culture -- Ch. 9. Ideology materialized.

Summary: Guy Debord (1931-1994) was the founder and most influential member of the Situationist International, the notorious avant-garde group that helped trigger the May 1968 revolt in France. THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE, originally published in Paris in 1967, has been translated into more than twenty other languages and is arguably the most important radical book of the twentieth century. This is the first edition in any language to include extensive annotations, clarifying the historical allusions and revealing the sources of Debord's "tournaments".

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Includes index.

Ch. 1. Separation perfected --
Ch. 2. The commodity as spectacle --
Ch. 3. Unity and division within appearances --
Ch. 4. The proletariat as subject and representation --
Ch. 5. Time and history --
Ch. 6. Spectacular time --
Ch. 7. Territorial management --
Ch. 8. Negation and consumption within culture --
Ch. 9. Ideology materialized.

Guy Debord (1931-1994) was the founder and most influential member of the Situationist International, the notorious avant-garde group that helped trigger the May 1968 revolt in France. THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE, originally published in Paris in 1967, has been translated into more than twenty other languages and is arguably the most important radical book of the twentieth century. This is the first edition in any language to include extensive annotations, clarifying the historical allusions and revealing the sources of Debord's "tournaments".

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