Guy Debord: The Society of the Spectacle

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The Society of the Spectacle

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... (more)

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“I Know it sounds shallow to say that the book is "interesting"... But when it comes to other's point of view there's very few comments to make. I had to read this book for a test in college, this title is super hard to keep up with, the way the author express his thoughts it's a bit confuse, but the general ideia is very clear... It's one of the most accureted descriptions of our society behavior.”