德波的景观社会批判

The Prisoner of Illusion in the Society of the Spectacle

法国“情境论者”德波对二战后出现的“景观社会”进行了深刻的批判,他认为“景观社会”是继马克思所说的商品社会之后出现的一种新的社会控制形式,其主要特征是通过创造施催眠术的幻象与使人昏乱的娱乐形式所组成的世界来麻木大众。面对消费的大众日益沦为景观社会的幻象囚徒的困境,德波提倡充满活力、创造性和想象力的活动,从而消除由景观所诱发的冷漠、欺骗、被动与碎片化,恢复积极性的生存。

The article mainly discussed on Guy Debord's The Society of the Spectacle , In this book he provided a comprehensive critique of the social and political manifestations of modern forms of production after the Second World War . Debord argued that ,the current forms of social control as based on consensus rather than force ,as a culture hegemony attained through the metamorphoses of the consumer society into the 'the society of the spectacle.' Facing the predicament resulted from the spectacle , Debord advocated the energetic, creative and imaginative action in order to eliminate the indifferent, deceive and fragment ,meanwhile, renew initiative live .