$25/£16.99/$36CAN . Guy Debord, as founding member and pivotal figure of the Situationist International, pursued one of the twentieth century's most arch and exciting assaults on modern life. His 1967 Society of the Spectacle Comments on the (followed, twenty years later, by Society of the Spectacle) was a fierce critique of late-capitalist culture and became the signal text for those involved in the political events of May 1968 and beyond. Panegyric is Debord's audacious autobiography, and here for the first time in English is the second, beautifully illustrated volume published together with the spare and classical text of the first. A rare combination of poetry and precision, it tells of something even rarer: a life that refused to adjust to the dominant malignancies of its time. Panegyric VOLUMES &1 2 • GUY DEBORD VOLUME1 tarnastlebdyJ maesB rook VOLUME2 trsaalntebdyJ ohMnc Hlae VERSO Lond•o Nne wY ork Thiesd itifiornsp tu blisbhyeV de rs2o0 04 © Vers2o0 04 Revisterda nslaotfVi oolnu m1e© JameBsr oo2k0 04; baseodn a p reviotursa nsl©a tJiaomneBsr oo1k9 91 TranslaotfiV oonl um2e© JohnM cHal2e0 04 VolumIefi rsptu blisbhyeE dd itioGnesr arLde boviPcair,i1 s9 89 Volum2e fi rsptu blisbhyeL di braiArriteh emFea yarPda,r i1s9 97 Allr ighrtess erved Them orarli ghotfst hea uthaonrd t ranslahtaovrbese ena sserted 13597108624 Verso UK:6 M earSdt reeLto,n doWnl F OEG USA:1 80V ariSctkr eeNte,wY orkN,Y 10014-4606 www.versobooks.com Versiost hei mprinotf N ewL eftB ooks ISBN1 -85984-665-3 BritLiisbhr aCrya talogiuniP nugb licaDtaitoan DebordG,u y,1 931-1994 Panegyric 1.D ebordG,u y,1 931-1994 2.R adica-lFsr anc-eB iography I.T itle 303.4'84 LibraorfCy o ngreCsast aloging-in-DPautbal ication A catalfoorgt hibso oki sa vailafrbolme t heL ibraoryf C ongress TypesientT imeNse w Roman Printientd h eU SA byR .R .D onnell&e Syo ns CONTENTS Panegyric VOLUME1 1 Panegyric VOLUME2 69 Panegyric VOLUME 1 GUY DEBORD TranslabtyJe adm eBsr ook I avme rgyr atteoMfu all coIlmrmi Kee,nK nabb, JohMnc HalaenD,do naNlidc holmsiotnh- S fort hehierlo pnt ihrsve isoifom ny1 991 trnaslatEriroornre.sm atihrnee spiobnyis lit oft hfoeo lrhdatyr anslator. JmaeBsr ook SaFnr anc2i0s0.c4 o, 'Panegyerxipscrs eemsor teh aenu glyoE.u longyo d oubt inclpuardiesosef t hpee rsbounit,td oenso etx lcudae certcariiints imacc, e rtbalmiaenP. a negyernitclan sie hietr blmaen ocrr iicmti.'s LITTE,RD ictiondnela ali arnegf urea n<;aise. 'Whya smke o fm yl nieagMee?nc omaen d agslo e aves year buyp oytneh aterre esT.h osoefa ututmhnwe i nd sheudpso tnh ger oubnudwt,h etnh see asoofsn p ring retutrnhfoser sebtu dfosr twhih tfr esvhi nEevse.sn oi ist wihtt hgee nteiroaonfhs u mkainntdh,ne e ws pruipna gs thoel adr pea ssaiwnagy .' IliaBdo,o kV I.