Description
| Product ID: | 9781608460793 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Debord, Time And Spectacle |
| Subtitle: | Hegelian Marxism and Situationist Theory |
| Authors: | Author: Tom Bunyard |
| Page Count: | 430 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, History, Philosophy, Social and political philosophy, Popular culture, History of ideas, Sociology, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Popular culture, History of ideas, Sociology, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A detailed philosophical study of the theoretical work of Guy Debord and the Situationist International that helps to uncover a philosophy of praxis that remains useful today. In Debord, Time and Spectacle Tom Bunyard provides a detailed philosophical study of the theoretical work of Guy Debord and the Situationist International. Drawing on evidence from Debord’s books, films, letters and notes, Bunyard reconstructs the Hegelian and Marxian ideas that support Debord’s central concept of ‘spectacle’. This affords a reconsideration of Debord’s theoretical claims, and a reinterpretation of his broader work that foregrounds his concerns with history and lived time. By bringing situationist theory into dialogue with recent reinterpretations of Marx, this book also identifies problems in Debord’s critique of capitalism. It argues, however, that the conceptions of temporality and spectacle that support that critique amount to a philosophy of praxis that remains relevant today. |
| Imprint Name: | Haymarket Books |
| Publisher Name: | Haymarket Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-01-08 |