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The society of the spectacle

by Guy Debord, Donald Nicholson-Smith

This work of political and cultural theory examines the mediation of social life through images in capitalist societies. It analyses the role of information culture and the spectacle in shaping modern power dynamics and everyday human experience.

Accession 11994 ISBN 0942299809 Publisher Zone Books
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