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Rethinking the Spectacle

Devin Penner
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      Spectacle is usually considered a superficial form of politics, which tries to distract and deceive a passive audience. It is difficult to see how this type of politics could be reconciled with the democratic requirement of active and informed agency. Rethinking the Spectacle re-examines the tension between spectacle and political agency using the ideas and practices of Guy Debord and the Situationist International as a point of departure. Drawing on radical democratic theory and examining case studies such as the 2011 Occupy movement, Devin Penner concludes that spectacle can and should be used to mobilize the public for egalitarian purposes.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Devin Penner EAN: 9780774860505 COUNTRY: Canada PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University of British Columbia Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-06-15 CITY: GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

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      Political science and theory, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Social and political philosophy

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      Devin Penner is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Studies at Trent University. He is a coeditor of, and contributor to, Thinking Radical Democracy: The Return to Politics in Post-War France.
      Spectacle is usually considered a superficial form of politics, which tries to distract and deceive a passive audience. It is difficult to see how this type of politics could be reconciled with the democratic requirement of active and informed agency. Rethinking the Spectacle re-examines the tension between spectacle and political agency using the ideas and practices of Guy Debord and the Situationist International as a point of departure. Drawing on radical democratic theory and examining case studies such as the 2011 Occupy movement, Devin Penner concludes that spectacle can and should be used to mobilize the public for egalitarian purposes.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Devin Penner EAN: 9780774860505 COUNTRY: Canada PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University of British Columbia Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-06-15 CITY: GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

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      Political science and theory, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Social and political philosophy

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      Devin Penner is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Studies at Trent University. He is a coeditor of, and contributor to, Thinking Radical Democracy: The Return to Politics in Post-War France.

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