Society of the SpectacleThe Das Kapital of the 20th century. An essential text, and the main theoretical work of the situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960's up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the late 20th century. This new edition is the Ken Knabb translation. Certainly it has the most "modern" design of all three editions, as well as a short new introduction from the translator. |
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CONTENTS | 6 |
Unity and Division Within Appearance 5472 | 26 |
The Proletariat as Subject and Representation 73124 | 36 |
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abstract accumulation activity actually alienation already anarchism anarchist aspect baroque become Bolshevik Boorstin bourgeois bourgeoisie bureaucratic capitalism capitalist cial class struggle commodified commodity communication concentrated concrete consumable consumption contradiction cracy critique culture cyclical Dadaism denounced Détournement dictatorship domination economic existing expression fact false consciousness fragmented fundamental ganisation global Hegel Hegelian historical thought human ical ideology illusion images imposed independent individual internal irreversible labour language Lenin living longer maintained Marx Marx's means ment millenarianism modern society modity natural negation objects organisation particular political poverty practice present proletarian revolution proletariat PSEUDO-CYCLICAL pseudo-events rationality reality recognised recognize reflected representation represents revolution role ruling class scientific sector separate power sion SITUATIONIST social social democracy society's specta spectacle spectacle's spectacular stage Stalin tariat terrain theory tion totalitarian transformed Trotskyism truth ultimately unified unitary unity urban utopian versible workers councils workers movement