Guy Debord's Politics of Communication: Liberating Language from Power (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781666931648)

Drawing on published works as well as personal correspondences written between 1948-1994, this book conceptualizes Guy Debord's politics of communication and how it sought to undermine the hierarchical, monological language of the spectacle. Matthews traces Debord's search for critical communication strategies that could subvert the reified "language of manufacturing" from the philosopher's early activities in anti-aesthetic 'terrorism' (e.g., the neo-poem, metagraphics, and détournement) to advocating forms of horizontal communication between autonomous revolutionary groups or individuals using 'native' language. Matthews ultimately finds that to critique the language of the spectacle, Debord relied on the power of the negative to speak the ironic language of contradiction, of critical theory, and of the incommunicable.

Author: Edward John Matthews
ISBN-10: 1666931640
ISBN-13: 9781666931648
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2023
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d