Ecologia e Psicogeografia

by Guy Debord, Gianfranco Marelli (Editor)

188 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2021

About the author

Guy Ernest Debord was a French theorist, writer, filmmaker, hypergraphist and founding member of the groups Lettrist International and Situationist International. In broad terms, Debord's theories attempted to account for the spiritually debilitating modernization of the private and public spheres of everyday life by economic forces during the post-WWII modernization of Europe. Alienation, Debord postulated, could be accounted for by the invasive forces of the 'spectacle'—"a social relation between people that is mediated by images." Central to this school of thought was the claim that alienation is more than an emotive description or an aspect of individual psychology; rather, it is a consequence of the mercantile form of social organization which has reached its climax in capitalism. Debord committed suicide, shooting himself in the heart at his property on November 30, 1994.

Reviews

[Andrea Murer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ogni tanto penso che neanche i situazionisti riescano a comprendere ciò che dicono.

Leggere Debord è sorprendentemente (la comprensibilità del testo non è un'opzione per i saggisti francesi) piacevole, molto di più delle letture SU Debord.