The Spectacle
Situationist concept of social relations mediated by images. Debord: spectacle is not collection of images but social relation. Everything that was lived has become mere representation. Spectacle unifies and explains—it's both means and end. Capitalism produces spectacle to pacify and mystify. Passive consumption replaces active living. Advertising, media, celebrity culture are spectacular. Resistance requires constructing situations that shatter spectacle. Digital media intensifies spectacle. We must recover authentic experience from representation.
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