Guy Debord Society Of The Spectacle Quotes & Sayings

This society eliminates geographical distance only to produce a new internal separation. — Guy Debord

Spectacle is the sun that never sets over the empire of modern passivity — Guy Debord

The spectacle cannot be understood as an abuse of the world of vision, as a product of the techniques of mass dissemination of images. It is, rather, a Weltanschauung which has become actual, materially translated. It is a world vision which has become objectified. 6. The spectacle grasped in its totality is both the result and the project of the existing mode of production. It is not a supplement to the real world, an additional decoration. It is the heart of the unrealism of the real society. — Guy Debord

None of the activity stolen by work can be regained by submitting to what work has produced. - The Society of The Spectacle — Guy Debord

The society whose modernisation has reached the stage of integrated spectacle
is characterised by the combined effect of five principal factors: incessant technological renewal, integration of state and economy, generalised secrecy, unanswerable lies, and eternal present ...
- The Society of the Spectacle — Guy Debord

The spectacle is the nightmare of imprisoned modern society which ultimately expresses nothing more than its desire to sleep. The spectacle is the guardian of sleep. — Guy Debord

As long as necessity is socially dreamed, dreaming will remain a social necessity. The spectacle is the bad dream of a modern society in chains and ultimately expresses nothing more than its wish for sleep. The spectacle is the guardian of that sleep. — Guy Debord

System, as the advanced economic sector which directly shapes a growing multitude of image-objects, the spectacle is the main production of present-day society. — Guy Debord