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Born | Guy Ernest Debord 28 December 1931 Paris, France |
Died | 30 November 1994 Bellevue-la-Montagne, Haute-Loire, France | (aged 62)
Education | University of Paris (no degree) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy Letterist International Situationist Western Marxism/Ultra-left |
Main interests | Class struggle Commodity fetishism Reification Social alienation Social theory |
Notable ideas | Dérive Détournement Psychogeography Recuperation Spectacle |
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Guy-Ernest Debord (/dəˈbɔːr/; French: [gi dəbɔʁ]; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International.[1][2] He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie.
Debord is best known for his 1967 essay The Society of the Spectacle.