THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE

GUY DEBORD

THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE

Translated and annotated by Ken Knabb

GUY DEBORD

THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE

Translated and annotated by Ken Knabb Bureau of Public Secrets

Guy Debord's La Societe du Spectadl} was originally published in Paris by Editions Buchet-Chastel (1967) and was reissued by Editions Champ Libre (1971) and Editions Gallimard (1992). This annotated translation by Ken Knabb, published in 2014 by the Bureau of Public Secrets, is not copyrighted. Anyone may freely reproduce or adapt any or all of it. ISBN 978-0-939682-06-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2013951566

Book and cover design:Jeanne Smith Printed in Canada BUREAU OF PUBLIC SECRETS P.O. Box 1044, Berkeley CA 94701 w w w.

Contents

PREFACE V

1. Separation Perfected 1 2. The Commodity as Spectacle 13 3. Unity and Division Within Appearances 21 4. The Proletariat as Subject and Representation 31 5. Time and History 67 6. Spectacular Time 81 7. Territorial Management 89 8. Negation and Consumption Within Culture 97 9. Ideology Materialized 1 13

NOTES 1 1 9 INDEX 147

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