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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 Situationist writer, Guy Debord, whose book, The Society of the Spectacle, became the bible of the ‘événements’ in France in 1968, denounced the commoditisation of leisure and accused capitalism of colonising all aspects of life. To view the spectacle –in this case
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“spectacular domination has succeeded in raising an entire generation molded to its laws.”
Guy Debord • The Society of the Spectacle
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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.orgThe first stage of the economy’s domination of social life brought about an evident degradation of being into having—human fulfillment was no longer equated with what one was, but with what one possessed.
Guy Debord • The Society of the Spectacle
But the spectacle is not merely a matter of images, nor even of