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A Summary of Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle”: Chapter 3

A Summary of Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle”: Chapter 3

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This is my fourth post on Guy Debord's major book, La Société du spectacle (1967).

I began this series of posts because I was asked to teach about Debord in one of my philosophy courses. The following analysis is nourished by that class as well as the wonderful questions of my students.

I hope it will give you all some insight into today's world, including the influence of media, branding, marketing, and more generally, capitalism as driven by what Debord called "the spectacle" (le spectacle in French).


In the first post, I gave a general account of the book.

Guy Debord Notion of the "Spectacle"

Guy Debord Notion of the "Spectacle"

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In the second and third posts, I summarized key paragraphs from the first two chapters of this book and rephrased them with a more contemporary vocabulary in order to make Debord’s views accessible to everyone.

A Summary of Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle”: Chapter 1

A Summary of Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle”: Chapter 1

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May 31, 2024
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A Summary of Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle”: Chapter 2

A Summary of Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle”: Chapter 2

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July 5, 2024
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In this fourth post, I would like to do the same for the third chapter of his book.

Before I begin, I want to thank all the paid subscribers who have read the previous posts on this book, commented, and taken the time to ask questions. Thank you very much for your interest.

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