Pre-Owned Society of the Spectacle (Other) 9780946061129

from jcook818

While I wouldn't exactly describe this book as having the force of a "Das Kapital of the 20th century" [like the cover notes indicate], Society of the Spectacle is surely an important work in the field of modern cultural critique. Originally written in France in 1967 by Guy Debord, an influential...

from Mducman

After years of reading references to it, finally made my way through The Society of the Spectacle. The text is full of gems and retains its relevance, perhaps even more so in our hyper-mediated present. When writing of the Spectacle and the Commodity, Debord is as intellectually stimulating as Mc...

from SGTCat

Very very dense, but very much worth the time it took to dig through it.

from albertgoldfain

Read along with this selection for the Partially Examined Life podcast. Debrod is clever, complex and, ultimately overly-pessimistic. Although in the leftist/Marxist mold, this particular work deserves a close reading for the degree of insight and nuance in the concepts developed. Amazing that th...

from sherief

Recently reread this old Situationist classic, this time after a few years of experience in trying to disentangle what obtuse French authors say when they write. Also, attempted to read the book from an urbanistic perspective, reading it alongside the short "Introduction to a Critique of Urban Ge...