Guy Debord

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Guy Debord
Born	Guy Ernest Debord (1931-12-28)28 December 1931 Paris, France
Died	30 November 1994(1994-11-30) (aged 62) Bellevue-la-Montagne, Haute-Loire, France
Education	University of Paris (no degree)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Letterist International Situationist Western Marxism/Ultra-left
Main interests	Class struggle Commodity fetishism Reification Social alienation Social theory
Notable ideas	Dérive Détournement Psychogeography Recuperation Spectacle
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Guy-Ernest Debord (/dəˈbɔːr/; French: [gi dəbɔʁ]; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International.^[1][2] He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie.

Debord is best known for his 1967 essay The Society of the Spectacle.