Guy Debord
Guy Debord | |
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| Born | Guy Ernest Debord 28 December 1931 Paris, France |
| Died | 30 November 1994 (aged 62) Bellevue-la-Montagne, Haute-Loire, France |
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| Education | University of Paris (no degree) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy Letterist International Situationist Western Marxism/Ultra-left |
| Main interests | Class struggle Commodity fetishism Reification Social alienation Social theory |
| Notable ideas | Dérive Détournement Psychogeography Recuperation Spectacle |
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| Part of the Politics series on the |
| Situationist International |
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Guy-Ernest Debord (/dəˈbɔːr/; French: [gi dəbɔʁ]; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International. He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie.
Debord is best known for his 1967 work, The Society of the Spectacle, alongside his direction to the Letterist and Situationist Magazines.