Society of the Spectacle
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The 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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This is a very depressing note on how capitalism also enslaves us into mere consumers to fill our day with shallow meansings, alongside with how modernity has failed us, as famously inspiring the works of The 1975.
Is this a tough read? For me not, mostly because i think about these things in the same dimension as the writer did, and he surely carried it with a great deal lot of depth than me, which is precise and thought-provoking enough to say that this is the new bible.
The mere problem would be that it acts as more of a criticism work instead of providing some feasible actions to remedy the grave reality of modern world, which only intensifies as time moves on to the 21st century. Despite this, i just think that it is justified for how good it is.
I love this one. The French could replace their nuclear powerplants with Guy Debord, who must currently be breaking the sound barrier spinning in his grave. I can't deny that this books is almost gibberish at times and I won't pretend to understand all of it but what I do get is precious.
