The Society of The Spectacle

shenoma · 09-06-2008, 10:46 PM

The Society of The Spectacle
Guy Debord

http://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...rd/society.htm
Debord traces the development of a modern society in which authentic social life has been replaced with its representation: "All that was once directly lived has become mere representation."[7] Debord argues that the history of social life can be understood as "the decline of being into having, and having into merely appearing."[8] This condition, according to Debord, is the "historical moment at which the commodity completes its colonization of social life."

09-06-2008, 10:46 PM	#1
shenoma Inactive Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In my spirit earth body. Posts: 1,633	The Society of The Spectacle The Society of The Spectacle Guy Debord http://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...rd/society.htm Debord traces the development of a modern society in which authentic social life has been replaced with its representation: "All that was once directly lived has become mere representation."[7] Debord argues that the history of social life can be understood as "the decline of being into having, and having into merely appearing."[8] This condition, according to Debord, is the "historical moment at which the commodity completes its colonization of social life."