Architectural Tourism and the Spectaculture

Jan Specht ()
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Jan Specht: Adam-Ries-Fachhochschule

Chapter 5 in Architectural Tourism, 2014, pp 133-164 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract According to Pretes (1995), “contemporary society is dominated by spectacle. Tourism sights, whether natural or man-made, are spectacular” (p. 4). Debord (1996) described this phenomenon in his book “The Society of the Spectacle” (first published in 1967) as follows: The entire life of societies in which modern conditions of production reign announces itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation (p. 2).

Keywords: Thermal Bath; Theme Park; Destination Image; Architectural Tourism; Empire State Building (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-06024-4_5

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