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1、CommentsontheSocietyoftheSpectacle.(1)GuyDebordInmemoryofGerardLebovici,assassinatedinParison5March1984,inatrapthatremainsmysterious.withlove,frannyglass@riseup.net+lopezsection@gmail.com“Howevercriticalthesituationandcircumstancesinwhichyoufindyourself,despairofnothi
2、ng;itisontheoccasionsinwhicheverythingistobefearedthatitisnecessarytofearnothing;itiswhenoneissurroundedbyallthedangersthatitisnotnecessarytodreadany;itiswhenoneiswithoutresourcesthatitisnecessarytocountonallofthem;itiswhenoneissurprisedthatitisnecessarytosurprisethee
3、nemyhimself.”1.SunTzu:SunTzu,TheArtofWar.1GuyDebord’sepigraphistakenfromthefirstEu-ropeantransla-tionofTheArtofI.War,bytheJe-suitJJ.L.AmiotThesecommentsaresuretobewelcomedbyfiftyorsixtypeople;alarge(1782).Thebestnumbergiventhetimesinwhichweliveandthegravityofthematter
4、savailableEnglishunderdiscussion.Butthen,ofcourse,insomecirclesIamconsideredtranslation,bySamuelB.tobeanauthority.ItmustalsobeborneinmindthatagoodhalfofthisGriffith(Oxfordinterestedelitewillconsistofpeoplewhodevotethemselvestomaintaining1963),doesnotthespectacularsyst
5、emofdomination,andtheotherhalfofpeoplewhoincludethispas-persistindoingquitetheopposite.Having,then,totakeaccountofreaderssage,soIhavehadtotranslatewhoarebothattentiveanddiverselyinfluential,IobviouslycannotspeakfromtheFrench.withcompletefreedom.Aboveall,Imusttakecaren
6、ottogivetoomuchinformationtojustanybody.Ourunfortunatetimesthuscompelme,onceagain,towriteinanewway.Someelementswillbeintentionallyomitted;andtheplanwillhavetoremainratherunclear.Readerswillencountercertaindecoys,liketheveryhallmarkoftheera.Aslongascertainpagesareinter
7、polatedhereandthere,theoverallmeaningmayappearjustassecretclauseshaveveryoftenbeenaddedtowhatevertreatiesmayopenlystipulate;justassomechemicalagentsonlyrevealtheirhiddenpropertieswhentheyarecombinedwithothers.However,inthisbriefworktherewillbeonlytoomanythingswhichare
8、,alas,easytounderstand.II.In1967,inabookentitledTheSocietyoftheSpectacle,Ishowedwhatthemodernspectaclewasalreadyinessence:th