The Society of the Spectacle

The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord

Since its publication amid the social upheavels of the 1960s, the theses of this book have influenced debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism and life in the late 20th century. This text explores contemporary effects of power.

Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's "The Society of the Spectacle". From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960s 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. Now available in English translation, Debord's text remains as crucial for understanding the contemporary effects of power, which are increasingly inseparable from the new virtual worlds of our rapidly changing image/information culture.