Veritable Split in the International: Public Circular of the Situationist International.

guy debord gianfranco sanguinetti

Book by Debord, Guy

Genres philosophy

138 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1972

This edition

Format: 138 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1990 by Chronos Publications
ISBN: 9780950838021
ASIN: 0950838020
Language: English

About the author

guy debord

Guy Ernest Debord was a French theorist, writer, filmmaker, hypergraphist and founding member of the groups Lettrist International and Situationist International. In broad terms, Debord's theories attempted to account for the spiritually debilitating modernization of the private and public spheres of everyday life by economic forces during the post-WWII modernization of Europe. Alienation, Debord postulated, could be accounted for by the invasive forces of the 'spectacle'—"a social relation between people that is mediated by images." Central to this school of thought was the claim that alienation is more than an emotive description or an aspect of individual psychology; rather, it is a consequence of the mercantile form of social organization which has reached its climax in capitalism. Debord committed suicide, shooting himself in the heart at his property on November 30, 1994.