{"product_id":"the-society-of-the-spectacle-9780942299809","title":"The Society of the Spectacle","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debords Society of the Spectacle. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960s to the present  the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity  capitalism  and everyday life in the late twentieth century. Now finally available in a superb English translation approved by the author  Debords text remains as crucial as ever for understanding the contemporary effects of power  which are increasingly inseparable from the new virtual worlds of our rapidly changing image \/ information culture.  In all that has happened in the last twenty years  the most important change lies in the very continuity of the spectacle. Quite simply  the spectacles domination has succeeded in raising a whole generation moulded to its laws. The extraordinary new conditions in which this entire generation has lived constitute a comprehensive summary of all that  henceforth  the spectacle will forbid; and also all that it will permit. Guy Debord (1988)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45792593477685,"sku":"ByrdShop_0942299809","price":333.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780942299809_22c16816-82b2-44ac-a16b-10d1449df4c5.jpg?v=1784754751","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-society-of-the-spectacle-9780942299809","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}