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		personlurking on Dec 2, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Confessions of an Instagram Influencer Interesting. The next book on my shelf to read is "Civilization of the Spectacle" by Mario Vargas Llosa. http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2013/january/la-civiliza...

icebraining on Dec 2, 2016 [–]

The similarity is probably not a coincidence; Debord's book is the most significant text of the Situationist movement, which was quite influential in the New Left, particularly in the 60s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situationist_International

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