Work

The Society of the Spectacle

1967
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Critiques modern society's obsession with images, relevant to ephemeral, spectacle-driven architectural events.

Ephemerality

Details

Type
Text

Classifications

Holder
Individual
Source of authority
Reason
Subject
Human centred
Political position
Subaltern resistant
Mode of transmission
Text drawing
Knowledge type
Propositional
Epistemic cluster
Western philosophical

Connections

Referenced by

Sources

  1. Guy Debord. La société du spectacle. Buchet-Chastel, 1967.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "The Society of the Spectacle." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/the-society-of-the-spectacle/. Accessed July 17, 2026.