{"product_id":"comments-on-the-society-of-the-spectacle-isbn-9781844676729","title":"Comments on the Society of the Spectacle","description":"First published in 1967, Guy Debord’s stinging revolutionary critique ofcontemporary society, \u003ci\u003eThe Society of the Spectacle\u003c\/i\u003e has since acquired acult status. Credited by many as being the inspiration for the ideasgenerated by the events of May 1968 in France, Debord’s pitiless attackon commodity fetishism and its incrustation in the practices of everydaylife continues to burn brightly in today’s age of satellite televisionand the soundbite. In \u003ci\u003eComments on the Society of the Spectacle,\u003c\/i\u003e publishedtwenty years later, Debord returned to the themes of his previousanalysis and demonstrated how they were all the more relevant in aperiod when the “integrated spectacle” was dominant. Resolutely refusingto be reconciled to the system, Debord trenchantly slices through thedoxa and mystification offered tip by journalists and pundits to showhow aspects of reality as diverse as terrorism and the environment, theMafia and the media, were caught up in the logic of the spectacularsociety. Pointing the finger clearly at those who benefit from the logicof domination, Debord’s \u003ci\u003eComments\u003c\/i\u003e convey the revolutionary impulse atthe heart of situationism.“Their general headquarters is secret but I think that it is somewhere in London. They are not students, but are what is known as situationists; they travel everywhere and exploit the discontents of students.”—\u003ci\u003eNews of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuy Debord\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Paris in 1931 and committed suicide in 1994. A Marxist theorist, French writer, poet, filmmaker, hypergraphist and founding member of the groups Letterist International and Situationist International, Debord is best known as the leading theoretician of the situationist movement. His works translated into English include \u003ci\u003eThe Society of the Spectacle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComments on the Society of the Spectacle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePanegyric\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303963807973,"sku":"NP9781844676729","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844676729.jpg?v=1767723970","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/comments-on-the-society-of-the-spectacle-isbn-9781844676729","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}