The Society of the Spectacle Quotes by Guy Debord
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The Society of the Spectacle Quotes by Guy Debord
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Guy Debord critiques the pervasive influence of the spectacle in modern society, exploring its impact on reality, historical knowledge, and individual perception, while arguing against its integrated control over culture and politics.
monoskop.orgHere are the first two sentences of Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle: “In post-industrial societies where mass production and media predominate, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly experienced has been replaced with its representation in the form of images.” He wrote that in 1967! Imagine wh... See more
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The spectacle is the stage at which the commodity has succeeded in totally colonizing social life.
Guy Debord • The Society of the Spectacle
“The spectacle presents itself simultaneously as all of society, as part of society, and as instrument of unification.”
Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm