Spectacle

Tom Bunyard

Chapter 44 in Research Handbook on Critical Theory, 2026, pp 521-538 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter addresses the concept of ‘spectacle’. It focusses on Guy Debord's seminal The Society of the Spectacle (1967), and it outlines the ways in which that book's claims have been used and appropriated. The chapter begins with an overview of Debord's ideas, and with a brief account of their connection to the work of the Situationist International. It then traces the concept of spectacle's reception within the fields of visual culture, media theory, critical theory and intellectual history, and it closes with some suggestions for future research.

Keywords: Spectacle; Debord; Situationist; Marx; Alienation; Image; Representation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781800373754
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