The Society of the Spectacle: Annotated Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0939682060 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 150 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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OwlSong said Required & indispensible reading. Decades old, this slim volume has only become more relevant with age, delineating the ways in which we are shaped by false & distorted images of reality, rather than reality itself. If anything, the advent of the digital age has only increased the power of the image-makers to shape how we view both the world & ourselves -- and that view is utterly artificial & infinitely malleable. Those who control the images control society and we see this every day, in the consumerist lifestyle that's fed to a hungry populace eager to gobble. “A Masterful Piece of Social Theory” Dks Guy Debord was the most important thinker in the Situationist movement in France. Often cited as a radical critique of the post capitalist milieu, as history documents what can occur with some French intellectuals, he left us far too soon.Debord's ‘Society of the Spectacle’ is a rare work of pure social theory with only occasional references to the tangible. As a highly advanced and sophisticated post-Marxist work, Debord issues a stunning critique mainly of the demand side of capitalism and its culture industry. In . "Great Book, Bad Translation" according to Maurice Burford. This is an awful, reductive and artless translation of Guy Debord's "Society of the Spectacle." It appears to be a translation for "dummys," which I assume would have Debord spinning in his grave.There are free PDFs of a better translation of this book ALL OVER the internet. It's a tremendously wonderful book, but this translation just doesn't do it justice. Don't waste your money on this.
Politics. Art. Critical Theory. 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 "détournements.". Literary Nonfiction. Translated from the French and annotated by Ken Knabb