Society of the Spectacle

This text, which emerged from the 20th century social upheavals, has been the main theoretical work of the Situationist International since its publication. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication to the present, it has decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the 20th century. Although it originated in France and Italy during the 1960s, it has since become an influential work in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia.