The situacionist concept of culture

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https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v11i3.69782

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Culture, Guy Debord, play, Situationist International and spectacle., Culture, Guy Debord, play, Situationist International, spectacle

Abstract

This paper aims to present and discuss Guy Debord and the Situationists' conception of culture. In doing so, it is necessary to clear up a few misconceptions from the outset: contrary to appearances, they do not advocate an anti-cultural attitude. Contrariwise, we are at the antipodes of “Neo‑primitivism". When Debord asserts his rejection of contemporary “Neo‑primitivism”, this is akin, in Schillerian language, to rejecting the position of the “savage”, as depicted by Rousseau in his canonical romantic portrait. In the same language, we should also say that Debord rejects the opposite position, that of the "barbarian", who destroys life and sensibility in favour of abstractions.

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Author Biography

Eurico Carvalho, Instituto de Filosofia da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto

Eurico de Carvalho é, desde 1990, professor de Filosofia do Ensino Secundário, tendo adquirido os graus de Licenciado (1989), Mestre (2009) e Doutor (2018) na Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. É também investigador do «Research Group Aesthetics, Politics and Knowledge» do Instituto de Filosofia da Universidade do Porto, no quadro do qual tem desenvolvido e publicado o seu trabalho em torno do pensamento de Guy Debord.

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2025-01-14

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Carvalho, E. (2025). The situacionist concept of culture. Aufklärung, 11(3), p.121–132. https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v11i3.69782

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Vol. 11 No. 3 (2024)

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