Collection Folio: La Societe Du Spectacle (Series #2788) (Paperback)

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 SGTCat

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

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 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 miquixote

Most are well-aware of Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman and the Propaganda Model presented in Manufacturing Consent, of how the media is pure propaganda. But the idea of 'spectacle' being something part of our daily lives, not just in the media, of our consumer society as one of consuming spectacle...