The Society of the Spectacle

Name: The Society of the Spectacle
Author: Guy Debord

by Guy Debord

Critique of modern spectacle, commodity culture, and passive consumption

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Guy Debord

French Situationist theorist whose The Society of the Spectacle argued that authentic social life had been replaced by its representation. He co-founded the Situationist International, which heavily influenced the May 1968 uprising in Paris. He made experimental films and committed suicide at 62.

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