Society of the Spectacle
by Guy Debord
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Author: Guy DebordTranslator: Ken Knabb
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); French (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-04
ISBN: 0946061122
Number of pages: 124
Publisher: AKPress
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Book Review: This should be required reading for first years.
Summary: 5 Stars
I haven't read any of the other translations of this text, however, this one reads quite fluidly.
The scope of the book sets the tone for one's consideration of contemporary events and societal relations. As research for a project on collaboration amongst individuals, the book was helpful in demonstrating that many forces are at work and are behind everything that exists in the world. This relates to collaboration in that each of us in a collaboration brings different histories to the table. The book also helps to illuminate the notion of the impossibility of non-collaboration. Even if the individual is from birth completely independant of others (which of course is quite improbable) their very existance comes into being through the cooperation of at least two separate forces (eg. the parents).
Debord shows us that the (two or more) forces which have led us to this point in history have done so, whether willingly or otherwise, together.
Summary of Society of the Spectacle
The Das Kapital of the 20th century. An essential text, and the main theoretical work of the situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960's 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 20th century. This new edition is the Ken Knabb translation. Certainly it has the most "modern" design of all three editions, as well as a short new introduction from the translator.Literature & Fiction Books
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