Thursday, 10 April 2014

The Society of the Spectacle notes

spectacle
ˈspɛktək(ə)l/
noun
  1. 1.
    a visually striking performance or display.
    "the acrobatic feats make a good spectacle"


"The society of the spectacle is alomost a self evident idea" - John Harris

.What exactly was the spectacle and how did Debord want us to ineterpret it? because it seems to speak the truth but offer the reader endless entities of meanings. Was it consumerism? Mass media? How can we relate this theory to modern spectacles?

"Its title alone is now used as a shorthand for the image saturated, comprehensively mediates way of life that defines our supposedly advanced cultures" - John Harris

.Blurring of appearance + Reality
."Any Notion of the authentic becomes almost impossible" - John Harris

The revolution of everyday life - Raoul Vaneigen

the routine of everyday life is safe and comforting 
. TH modern human condition and repetitiveness of life, banal existance

.Making us passive spectators - comfortable ,iphone5s

.EGO, I.D

.Identity


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