On Debord's Square of Modernity

Aufklärung 4 (2):121-139 (2017)
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Abstract

In this paper, I will focus on the nature of the modernity from the perspective of a «logical» square. On the basis of its vectorial orientation, I will show the value of Guy Debord’s work, according to which, undeniably, there is a need to articulate two core issues of our time: «How does a multitude turn into a class?» (Benjamin’s question) and «How does the individual become a subject?» (Althusser’s question). It is precisely the nexus between these questions that allows us to draw the line between the modernity and the postmodernity.

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Eurico Carvalho
University of Porto

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