The Society of the Spectacle

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The Society of the Spectacle (French: La société du spectacle) is a 1967 work of philosophy and Marxist critical theory by Guy Debord, in which the author develops and presents the concept of the Spectacle. The book is considered a seminal text for the Situationist movement. Debord published a follow-up book Comments on the Society of the Spectacle in 1988.[1]

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The Society of the Spectacle
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Cover of the first edition
AuthorGuy Debord
Original titleLa société du spectacle
TranslatorDonald Nicholson-Smith
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
SubjectSpectacle
Published
  • 1967 (Buchet-Chastel, in French)
  • 1970 (Black & Red, in English)
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages154 (1994 Zone Books edition)
ISBN0-942299-79-5 (1994 Zone Books edition)
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