La société du spectacle

Published in 1967, 'La société du spectacle' is a seminal work of Marxist critical theory by Guy Debord.

The book argues that in modern capitalist society, authentic social life has been replaced by its representation, where relations between commodities have supplanted relations between people.

Debord contends that this 'spectacle' is a social relation among people mediated by images, leading to a degradation of human life, class alienation, and cultural homogenization.

The work is composed of 221 short theses in the form of aphorisms, critiquing contemporary consumer culture and commodity fetishism.