Abstract
Society today may be seen to be, in the words of Guy Debord, a spectacle. This essay examines what exactly that means, within the context of a state of later capitalism. There are attacks on the library and on information as people tend to take belief to equal knowledge. The entirety of the present state of affairs is looked at with capitalism and ideology taken into account. The plausibility of ideas constitutes the ultimate measuring stick.
Date
May 28, 2025 14:55 ADT — 15:20 ADT
Location
Rowe 1007 and Zoom
School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri
John M. Budd is Professor Emeritus with the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies of the University of Missouri. He has also served on the faculties of Louisiana State University and the University of Arizona. He is the author of more than 150 publications; his most recent book is Information and Consciousness (Rowman and Littlefield, 2024).