An edition of La sociedad del espectáculo (1967)

The Society of the Spectacle

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An edition of La sociedad del espectáculo (1967)

The Society of the Spectacle

First edition

by , , , , and

  • ★★★★ 4.0 (10 ratings) ·
  • 74 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 13 Have read

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 cenlury. 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.

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Pages
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Subjects

Social psychology, Classes socials, Proletariat, Social sciences, Sociology, Architecture & Urbanism, Prolétariat, Psychologie sociale, Classes sociales, Social classes, Société de consommation, Dictature du prolétariat, Idéologie, Histoire, Ideologie, Kultur, Advertising, Internationale situationniste, Hm291 .d413, Hm291 .d413 2000, Politica e cultura - Sec.20, anarchism, communism, critical theory, economics, end of history, history, marxism, philosophy, politics, political theory, socialism, História social, Mudança social, Civilização moderna, Political science

Places

Egypt, Paris, France, United States of America, Germany, Algeria

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Cover of: The Society of the Spectacle
The Society of the Spectacle
2021, Unredacted Word
eBook in English - First edition
Cover of: Society of the Spectacle
Society of the Spectacle
February 24, 2006, AKPress
Paperback in English - New edition
Cover of: Sociedade do Espetáculo, A
Sociedade do Espetáculo, A
1997, Contraponto
Paperback in Portuguese - 1 edition
Cover of: La società dello spettacolo
La società dello spettacolo: Commentari sulla società dello spettacolo
1997, Baldini & Castoldi
in Italian
Cover of: La Societe Du Spectacle
La Societe Du Spectacle
January 1, 1996, Gallimard-Jeunesse
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: The society of the spectacle
The society of the spectacle
1995, Zone Books
in English
Cover of: The society of the spectacle
The society of the spectacle
1994, Zone Books
in English
Cover of: La Société du spectacle
La Société du spectacle
1987, G. Lebovici
in French
Cover of: Society of the Spectacle
Society of the Spectacle
June 1983, Black & Red
Paperback in English
Cover of: Die Gesellschaft des Spektakels
Die Gesellschaft des Spektakels
1978, Edition Nautilus
in German - Autorisierte Ausg., 1. Aufl.
Cover of: Society of the spectacle
Society of the spectacle
1970, Black & Red
in English

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First Sentence

"In post-industrial societies where mass production and media predominate, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly experienced has been replaced with its representation in the form of images."

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface to the Third French Edition
Chapter 1. Separation Perfected
Chapter 2. The Commodity as Spectacle
Chapter 3. Unity & Division Within Appearances
Chapter 4. The Proletariat as Subject and Representation
Chapter 5. Time & History
Chapter 6. Spectacular Time
Chapter 7. The Organization of Territory
Chapter 8. Negation and Consumption in the Cultural Sphere
Chapter 9. Ideology Materialized
Glossary
Bibliography

Edition Notes

This new translation brings a concrete edge to the text, elaborating upon the original, and adding annotations. Bringing fifty years of prominent radical thinking back to the text, from Baudrillard to Odell to Zuboff—it’s clear that Debord’s book is more relevant in the era of social media, the attention economy, and the emergence of Surveillance Capitalism than ever before.

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Cambridge, MA USA
Copyright Date
2021
Translation Of
La Société du Spectacle
Translated From
French

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Library of Congress
2021936393

The Physical Object

Format
eBook
Pagination
227
Number of pages
227
Dimensions
9 x 6 x 1 inches

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Open Library
OL32227774M
ISBN 13
9781736961834, 9781736961803, 9781736961810, 9781736961827
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B092CDGWYZ

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IN SOCIETIES dominated by modern conditions of production, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles.
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