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Most people today have scarcely any awareness of pre spectacle history, let alone of anti spectacle possibilities. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. Guy louis debord was a french marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, member of the letterist international, founder of a letterist faction, and founding. Guy debord was the most influential figure in the situationist international, the subversive group that helped trigger the may 1968 revolt in france. First published in 1967, guy debord s stinging revolutionary critique of contemporary society, the society of the spectacle, has since acquired a cult status.
Guy debords the society of the spectacle is not a text which can stand on its own. This is the first serious intellectual biography of guy debord, prime mover of the situationist international 19571972 and author of the society of the spectacle, perhaps the seminal book of may 1968 in france. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 160 pages and is available in paperback format. Nov 14, 20 guy debord s the society of the spectacle will self takes a walk through the banlieues of paris and is astonished by the prescience of debord s 1967 masterpiece, which so accurately describes the. Anselm jappe rejects recent attempts to set debord up as a postmodern icon, arguing that he was a social theorist in the hegelianmarxist traditionnot a precursor of jean baudrillard but an heir of the young georg lukacs of history and class consciousness 1923. Guy ernest debord was a french marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, hypergraphist and founding member of the groups lettrist international and situationist international. Debords 1992 foreword to the third french edition, translated by. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. Pdf the society of the spectacle book by guy debord free. The vexed relationship between the map and the territory suffuses the society of the spectacle, guy debords 1967 masterpiece, which argues that not only authentic social relations, but even the. An illustrated guide to guy debords the society of the. Pdf download guy debord and the situationist international.
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