The Society of the Spectacle: Annotated Edition
View the annotated edition of Guy Debord's The Society of the Spectacle below, or Download the PDF (2 MB).
Or, if you prefer the spectacle Debord made, behold:
I had one year of French at a time when my focus was elsewhere. With help from google translate I was able to to translate much of what is shown as subtitles and quotes. I took about four hours stopping and slogging through. Periods of excellent heterosexual scenery mad the slog easier. I may get interested enough to make a proper English subtitled version. With help from someone who speaks French well to generate a proper transcript to work from.
People like to shit on Debord. He was a total Marxist and no You-Tube video can exist in 2024 without kicking the shit on the Marxist man-can down the road. I watched several videos about his book. Now I will go through the book.
Debord hate has an amusing aspect to me, but I don't expect it does for many. Most I suppose, jump on the bandwagon without noticing a thing. It is the social thing to do. But the hating is transparent to me, obvious and clear. Being as I am into Uncle Karl. It gives the weaknesses and biases of the presenters away.