The Spectacle 2.0: Reading Debord in the Context of Digital Capitalism

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AcknowledgementsThe spectacle thus unites what is separate, but it unites it only in its separateness (Thesis 29, 1967) Un ringraziamento particolare va a Christian Fuchs per aver discusso in profondità il progetto editoriale e per averlo sostenuto in quanto editore e revisore. Siamo altresì grati a Kylie Jarrett e Eran Fisher per averci incoraggiato nelle fasi iniziali di ideazione.iv The Spectacle 2.0Alla stesura di questo libro hanno anche collaborato, del tutto involontariamente, Romano Alquati, Tom Bunyard and Jonathan Crary. Non sempre è stato possibile esplicitarlo ma la lettura di alcuni dei loro scritti ha sensibilmente influenzato gli autori. Marco Briziarelli and Emiliana Armano Competing interestsThe editor and contributors declare that they have no competing interests in publishing this book The full text of this book has been peer-reviewed to ensure high academic standards. For full review policies, see:

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