Episode 170: Guy Debord's "Society of the Spectacle" (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

What is culture? In modern capitalism, Debord's 1967 book describes it as all about the economy. It's not just our jobs that keep us trapped, but our life outside of working hours is also demanded by "the system" via our activity as consumers, and this commoditization infiltrates every corner of our lives. Debord wants us to WAKE UP, break our chains, and live lives of immediacy, vitality, and authenticity.

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0:18.2	a podcast by some guys who are at one point
0:20.5	said on doing philosophy for a living,
0:22.1	but then thought better of it.
0:23.4	Our question for episode 170 is something like,
0:27.4	what is culture or maybe are we all brainwashed and if so, how?
0:32.1	The reread, Gideboards,
0:34.1	a society of the spectacle from 1967,
0:37.0	or linked to the reading and other information,
0:39.1	please check out partiallyexaminedlife.com.
0:42.1	This is Mark Linton-Mayer,
0:44.3	reinforcing the spectacular system by denouncing it
0:47.1	in the abstract in Medicine, Wisconsin.
0:49.5	This is Seth Paskin mediating my relations with others
0:53.2	through images in Austin, Texas.
0:55.7	This is Wes Allon really looking forward to the iPhone 8
0:58.8	and Cambridge Massachusetts.
1:01.1	This is Dylan Casey degrading from being to having
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