With and against Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle: a case study of Live Earth, its politics, its contradictions, and its political potential

This thesis explores the environmental movement’s controversial use of spectacular media to incite socio-ecological change. An analysis of Al Gore’s 2007 Live Earth event forms the basis for an exploration, critique, and reformulation of spectacular theory within the context of the climate crisis. A...

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Main Author: North, Jasmine
Other Authors: Kroker, Arthur
Language:English
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Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2671