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Rethinking the spectacle : Guy Debord, radical democracy, and the digital age
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"Spectacle is usually considered a superficial form of politics, which tries to distract and deceive a passive audience. It is difficult to see how this type of politics could be reconciled with th...
"Spectacle is usually considered a superficial form of politics, which tries to distract and deceive a passive audience. It is difficult to see how this type of politics could be reconciled with the democratic requirement of active and informed agency. Rethinking the Spectacle re-examines the tension between spectacle and political agency using the ideas and practices of Guy Debord and the Situationist International as a point of departure. Drawing on radical democratic theory and examining case studies such as the 2011 Occupy movement, Devin Penner concludes that spectacle can and should be used to mobilize the public for egalitarian purposes."--
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- Creator
- Devin Penner
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- Language
- English
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- Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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- viii, 241 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780774860505, 0774860502, 0774860529, 9780774860529
- OCLC
- on1074389539
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-235) and index.
- Issued also in electronic format.
- The spectacle in theory: Debord's conception and beyond -- Practical implications: from the Situationist International to autonomist Marxism -- Rethinking the spectacle 1: lessons from the Situationist International -- Rethinking the spectacle 2: toward a radically democratic approach -- The spectacular politics of the 2011 Occupy Movement