RE: RE: Timor and More

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Andrew writes:>Debord saw this as a manifestation of the society of the
spectacle. The
reporting on each crisis is the same or near same as the previous, with the
content of each forgotten with the next and so on.<

what is the basis for the "society of the spectacle"? Is it just a
description or is it a product of the development of capitalism? or what?

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Austin, Andrew [mailto:austina@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 5:36 PM
> To: 'pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [PEN-L:24722] RE: Timor and More
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> Debord saw this as a manifestation of the society of the
> spectacle. The
> reporting on each crisis is the same or near same as the
> previous, with the
> content of each forgotten with the next and so on.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Perelman [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 5:43 PM
> To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PEN-L:24720] Timor and More
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> The flurry of articles about E. Timor was interesting,
> reminding us about
> the importance of not being caught up in the most recent CNN crisis --
> Palestine being the latest.  The flip side of that syndrome is that we
> forget each crisis just as soon as a new one appears, leaving
> us with no
> sense of continuity and context.
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
> Tel. 530-898-5321
> E-Mail michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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