Author: Guy Debord
Publisher: AKPress
Keywords: spectacle, society
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 2005-04-04
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0946061122
ISBN-13: 9780946061129

The Das Kapital of the 20th century. An essential text, and the main theoretical work of the situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960’s up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the late 20th century. This new edition is the Ken Knabb translation. Certainly it has the most "modern" design of all three editions, as well as a short new introduction from the translator.

Author: Guy Debord
Publisher: Black & Red
Keywords: spectacle, society
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 2000-06-01
List price: $8.00
ISBN-10: 0934868077
ISBN-13: 9780934868075

The Das Kapital of the 20th century. An essential text, and the main theoretical work of the situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960’s up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the late 20th century. This is the original translation by Fredy Perlman, kept in print continuously for the last 30 years, keeping the flame alive when no-one else cared.

Author: Douglas Kellner
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: spectacle, media
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2003-01-30
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 0415268281
ISBN-13: 9780415268288

Through analysis of several media spectacles - including the O.J. Simpson trial, Elvis sightings , the X Files phenomenon and the Clinton sex scandals - celebrated scholar Douglas Kellner draws insights into media, journalism, the public sphere and politics in an era of new technologies in this intelligent and witty book.

Author: David Liss
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Keywords: novel, corruption, spectacle
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 2004-11-23
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 037576089X
ISBN-13: 9780375760891

Benjamin Weaver is awaiting death in Newgate gaol. Mysteriously convicted for a murder he didn’t commit by a judge determined to see him hang, he is suddenly - and equally mysteriously - offered the means to escape. What, you may well ask, is going on? It’s a question Weaver asks of himself as he slinks out into the London night on a mission to clear his name. In doing so, he steps straight into a labyrinthine plot that weaves, like Benjamin, across eighteenth century London. For the conspiracy against him is part of a grimmer and gaudier picture: one that encompasses double-dealin

Author: Douglas Kellner
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: spectacle, media
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2003-01-06
List price: $53.95
ISBN-10: 041526829X
ISBN-13: 9780415268295

Through analysis of several media spectacles - including the O.J. Simpson trial, Elvis sightings , the X Files phenomenon and the Clinton sex scandals - celebrated scholar Douglas Kellner draws insights into media, journalism, the public sphere and politics in an era of new technologies in this intelligent and witty book.

Authors:David Rockwell, Bruce Mau,
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Keywords: spectacle
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-10-15
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0714845744
ISBN-13: 9780714845746

In Spectacle, the architect David Rockwell, in collaboration with designer Bruce Mau, explores the allure of larger-than-life events that take place around the globe. From the running of the bulls in Pamplona to the Holi Festival in India to deafening - and dangerous - NASCAR races, Spectacle considers what it is about these "shared, live experiences" that transforms not only the way we see the world, but also how we connect with each other. Illustrated with over 200 color photographs, the dynamic visual essay highlights the power of real-time, real-space events in todayR

Author: Murray Edelman
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: spectacle, political, constructing
Number of Pages: 142
Published: 1988-03-15
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0226183998
ISBN-13: 9780226183992

Thanks to the ready availability of political news today, informed citizens can protect and promote their own interests and the public interest more effectively. Or can they? Murray Edelman argues against this conventional interpretation of politics, one that takes for granted that we live in a world of facts and that people react rationally to the facts they know. In doing so, he explores in detail the ways in which the conspicuous aspects of the political scene are interpretations that systematically buttress established inequalities and interpretations already dominant political ideologies.