Guy Debords Politics of Communication - Liberating Language From Power

Drawing on published works as well as personal correspondence, this book sheds new light on Guy Debord's work on the spectacle, arguing that he offers a politics of communication that relies on the ironic language of contradiction, of critical theory, and of the incommunicable to undermine the hierarchical language of the spectacle.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One - Debord's Poetic Prehistory (1949-1952)
Chapter Two - Debord and the Letterist International (1952-1957)
Chapter Three - Debord and the Situationist International (1957-1972)
Chapter Four - Debord's Early Post-SI Period (1972-1979)
Chapter Five - Debord's Final Years/Final Thoughts (1979-1994)

Über den Autor / die Autorin

By Edward John Matthews

Zusammenfassung

Drawing on published works as well as personal correspondence, this book sheds new light on Guy Debord’s work on the spectacle, arguing that he offers a politics of communication that relies on the ironic language of contradiction, of critical theory, and of the incommunicable to undermine the hierarchical language of the spectacle.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Edward Matthews, Edward John Matthews
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.11.2023
• EAN: 9781666931648
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-164-8
• Seiten: 270
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology