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.

List of contents

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)

About the author

By Edward John Matthews

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Matthews, Edward John Matthews
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2023
• EAN: 9781666931648
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-164-8
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology