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The Society of the Spectacle
1967 book by Guy Debord / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the book. For the film, see The Society of the Spectacle (film).
The Society of the Spectacle (French: La société du spectacle) is a 1967 work of philosophy and Marxist critical theory by Guy Debord where he develops and presents the concept of the Spectacle. The book is considered a seminal text for the Situationist movement. Debord published a follow-up book Comments on the Society of the Spectacle in 1988.[1]
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Author | Guy Debord |
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Original title | La société du spectacle |
Translator | Donald Nicholson-Smith |
Language | French |
Subject | Spectacle |
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Publication place | France |
Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
Pages | 154 (1994 Zone Books edition) |
ISBN | 0-942299-79-5 (1994 Zone Books edition) |
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