居伊·德波景观理论的视觉性批判——兼及当代视觉文化研究反思

Guy Debord’s Critique of Visual Culture and Reflection on Contemporary Visual Culture Study

居伊·德波的景观理论蕴含着丰富的视觉性元素,从不同角度批判景观社会的视觉表演性、视觉密集性、视觉对倒性和视觉消费性,构成了视觉文化理论的重要组成部分。从视觉层面阐释景观理论,将景观批判话语纳入视觉文化理论谱系,无疑是近年来建构视觉文化理论体系的必要环节。不容忽视的是,景观理论存在一概而论的决裂性,导致景观的视觉话语方式缺乏严密的系统论证,也使其在真实和幻象之间失去价值重建的信心。然而,在批判理论和视觉文化的交汇点上,德波为研究当代具有批判意义的视觉文化提供了一个思想个案,在推动与发展当代视觉文化理论方面具有重要的理论参照意义。

Guy Debord’s spectacle theory includes rich visual elements. From different perspectives,he criticizes the spectacle performance,the spectacle density,the spectacle opposition and the spectacle consumption,which constitutes an important part of visual culture theory. It is necessary to integrate the critical discourse of spectacle into the genealogy of visual culture theory. What cannot be ignored is that there is a general weakness in spectacle theory,which leads to the lack of rigorous and systematic demonstration of visual discourse,and also makes it lose the confidence of value reconstruction. However,at the intersection of critical theory and visual culture,Debord not only provides critical discourse resources,but also plays an important role in developing contemporary visual culture study.