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The society of the spectacle / Guy Debord ; translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New York : Zone Books, 1995.Description: 154 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0942299795 (acid-free paper)
  • 9780942299793
  • 0942299809 (acid-free paper)
  • 9780942299809
Uniform titles:
  • Société du spectacle. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.1
LOC classification:
  • HM 291 D287s 1995
Contents:
I. Separation perfected II. The commodity as spectacle III. Unity and division within appearances IV. The proletariat as subject and representation V. Time and history VI. Spectacular time VII. Environmental planning VIII. Negation and consumption in the cultural sphere IX. Ideology in material form
Summary: "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."--Jacket
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HM 291 D287s 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000096669

Translated of: Societe du spectacle.

I. Separation perfected
II. The commodity as spectacle
III. Unity and division within appearances
IV. The proletariat as subject and representation
V. Time and history
VI. Spectacular time
VII. Environmental planning
VIII. Negation and consumption in the cultural sphere
IX. Ideology in material form

"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."--Jacket

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