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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Debord see as representing the return of reflecting on secular power?

2. What effectively erases history, according to Debord?

3. The goal of communism, as stated in Chapter 6, is to do what to everything that exists independently of individuals?

4. According to Debord, urbanization is __________.

5. What do societies focus on in Chapter 5 to enable them to span time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Debord describe fascism?

2. What are the alienating factors of urbanization in Chapter 7?

3. What is the relationship between time and labor in Chapter 6?

4. Why does Debord believe the pilgrim is a representation of a person leaving cyclical time?

5. What is the pseudo community in Chapter 7?

6. Why do societies organize time, according to Debord?

7. What is culture, according to Debord?

8. What is the relationship between time and the bourgeoisie, according to Debord?

9. How is production time only pseudo-cyclical in Chapter 6?

10. Why has Christianity been successful at adapting to spectacular society in Debord's view?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is ironic in both the tone and content of The Society of the Spectacle?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss proletariat and the bourgeoisie through the lens of Russia and how this impacted Debord's philosophies. Which of his views of Russia are colored by Marxist theories?

Essay Topic 3

How do the cultural and historical aspects of The Society of the Spectacle impact the narrative? How do they impact the themes of life's illusion and emptiness?

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