Guy Debord (Reaktion Books - Critical Lives)

by Andy Merrifield
Guy Debord (Reaktion Books - Critical Lives)
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6 ratings, 3.83 average rating, 3 reviews (more data...)
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published
December 23rd 2005 by Reaktion Books

binding
Paperback, 174 pages

isbn
1861892616   (isbn13: 9781861892614)

description
Though well-known for his founding of the avant-garde Situationist International movement and his prominent political and cultural activism, Guy Debor...more






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Go
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09/01/07

Read in August, 2007
recommends it for: Any motherfucker
A slightly better than average fly-by-night biography. Debord's an enigmatic fucker; reclusive and destitute, he was also a raging egomaniac interested in shocking whomever he could. Merrifield, in too few pages, tracks down the life of Debord: the head of the Situationist International Movement.
Without a doubt my favorite group of cultural terrorists (behind the Dadaists, of course), SI sought to destroy European Culture. Taking cues from people like Tristan Tzara and Arthur Cravan...more
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Tosh
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09/15/07

This is an excellent introduction to Guy Debord and his writings. In fact one can't go wrong with Reaktion Books - Critical Lives series. It's like a brand name with record labels: Factory, Motown -you know it's going to be good.
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Ian
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Read in March, 2006
Recommended.
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11/12/07

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05/24/07

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