I recently read two small books from Guy Debord, & Raoul Vaneigem, of the Situationist International and it's interesting to plot the links between them and between them and Baudrillard's work, I think Society of the Spectacle was quite pivotal, quietly, and although leaning on Marx perhaps gave some inspiration to a more consumption-than-production orientated Baudrillard [art/language, spectacle/simulation]. Simulacra was an excellent yet dense read.
'The spectacle is not a collection of images but a social relation between people mediated by images'
Debord/Baudrillard are a bit like Stirner/Nietzsche in some ways.
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Corsica is excellent and well worth a trip, I was over there for 5 years and loved every minute. Some of the best mountain walking in Europe [GR20], accessible but high mountains and glorious beaches. If you're on Napoleon's trail then visit Calvi's citadel, enjoy.
I recently read two small books from Guy Debord, & Raoul Vaneigem, of the Situationist International and it's interesting to plot the links between them and between them and Baudrillard's work, I think Society of the Spectacle was quite pivotal, quietly, and although leaning on Marx perhaps gave some inspiration to a more consumption-than-production orientated Baudrillard [art/language, spectacle/simulation]. Simulacra was an excellent yet dense read.
'The spectacle is not a collection of images but a social relation between people mediated by images'
Debord/Baudrillard are a bit like Stirner/Nietzsche in some ways.
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Corsica is excellent and well worth a trip, I was over there for 5 years and loved every minute. Some of the best mountain walking in Europe [GR20], accessible but high mountains and glorious beaches. If you're on Napoleon's trail then visit Calvi's citadel, enjoy.
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