The Society of Spectacle by Guy Debord

Written in 1967 the work of philosophy and Marxist critical theory by Guy Debord, presents the concept of the Spectacle.  A critic to society. 

-“Happiness is only fulfilled if you buy something” 

-Life is a immense culmination of ‘the spectacle’  

-Being obsessed with image and there self above all else. 

-We are all responsible for sustaining the spectacle. 

-Social media is highly selective, most people prefer to appear successful than actively going out seeking new experiences. 

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The spectacle is not a collection of images; it is a social relation between people that is mediated by images. 

Essentially Debord is stating that ‘the spectacle’ is formed by our relationship with others, this relationship is overseen, dictated and informed by ‘images’ collated within society. This speaks truly in terms of social media and how we represent ourselves online. The image with intend to translate to other people usually differs from the actual truth. In the modern world we posses power to distort our own image in the eyes of the receiver.