title: The Society of the Spectacle
author:  Guy Debord 
description: " 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 spectacle's 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)<br /><br />&amp; quot; 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 spectacle's 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.&amp; quot; -- Guy Debord (1988)<br /><br />"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 spectacle's 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)
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  Guy Debord, as founding member and pivotal figure 
  of the Situationist International, pursued one of the 
  twentieth century's most arch and exciting assaults 
  on modern life. His 1967 Society of the Spectacle 
  (followed, twenty years later, by Comments on the 
  Society of the Spectacle) was a fierce critique of 
  late-capitalist culture and became the signal text for 
  those involved in the political events of May 1968 
  and beyond. 
  Panegyric is Debord's audacious autobiography, and 
  here for the first time in English is the second, 
  beautifully illustrated volume published together with 
  the spare and classical text of the first. A rare 
  combination of poetry and precision, it tells of 
  something even rarer: a life that refused to adjust to 
  the dominant malignancies of its time. 
  
  Panegyric 
  VOLUMES 1 & 2 
  • 
  GUY DEBORD 
  VOLUME 1 
  translated by James Brook 
  VOLUME 2 
  translated by John McHale 
  VERSO 
  London • New York 
  
  This edition first published by Verso 2004 
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