Debord, Time and Spectacle – Hegelian Marxism and Situationist Theory | Nytt hos oss

In Debord, Time and Spectacle Tom Bunyard provides a detailed philosophical study of the theoretical work of Guy Debord and the Situationist International. Drawing on evidence from Debords books, films, letters and notes, Bunyard reconstructs the Hegelian and Marxian ideas that support Debords central concept of spectacle. This affords a reconsideration of Debords theoretical claims, and a reinterpretation of his broader work that foregrounds his concerns with history and lived time. By bringing situationist theory into dialogue with recent reinterpretations of Marx, this book also identifies problems in Debords critique of capitalism. It argues, however, that the conceptions of temporality and spectacle that support that critique amount to a philosophy of praxis that remains relevant today.