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Book Description
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 modeContinue
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- English Books
- Paperback 154 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0942299795
- ISBN-13: 9780942299793
- Publisher: Zone Books
- Pub date: Sep 23, 1995
- Dimensions: 1484 mm x 968 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover
- In other languages: other languages
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I really enjoyed this reading. The parts strictly on the description of the spectacle and its mechanisms are very nice. I also found interesting Debord's critique on various forms of socialism, anarchism and totalitarianism. I appreciated less the part on art and culture, probably my fault.
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I really enjoyed this reading. The parts strictly on the description of the spectacle and its mechanisms are very nice. I also found interesting Debord's critique on various forms of socialism, anarchism and totalitarianism. I appreciated less the part on art and culture, probably my fault.
In general, it is a key reading, a must-read.
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