The Society of the Spectacle Glossary

The Society of the Spectacle Glossary

spectacle

a striking event or exhibition or display

qualitative

measured by quality rather than quantity

hegemony

the execution of leadership or domination by group over others

totalitarian

a dictatorial and despotic state

commodity

a resource of use or value

dogmatic

an inclination to hold to certain beliefs as incontrovertibly true

inversion

the turning of something inside-out, upside-down or some other oppositional direction

ideology

a system of ideas and beliefs

renunciation

a formal rejection of formerly held beliefs

capitalism

an economic theory based on the right of private ownership of business

proletariat

the working class

falsification

the act of purposely supplying information or theories known to be false

bureaucracy

a system of appointment officials in a systematic hierarchy charged with carrying out governance

illusory

unreal; belief based on illusion

Bolshevik

the majority party during the Communist Revolution of 1917 in Russia

bourgeoisie

the middle class

indigenous

native to a particular place

coherent

logical and consistent

unilateral

an action performed by just one member of a partnership sharing fate in the outcome

dissolution

the official dismissal and breakup of an organized entity

praxis

the standards of practice based on theory

temporal

related to matters of the earthly matters rather than spiritual ones

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