spectacle
A spectacle ( Latin spectaculum = play, feast for the eyes , sight , also noise, noise ) is generally an event that causes a stir.
Use of terms
The term “spectacle” has a negative connotation for events with a shallow or strange character, but also positive for remarkably entertaining events. If an event is described as “spectacular”, the audience's impact is praised positively, without a negative undertone. So called z. B. Events , festivities or productions that are primarily aimed at stimulating the senses for an audience , for example fire spectacles , media spectacles , etc.
history
As a spectacle productions are called, since the Baroque , such as et lumière Son , also strengthened initially and exclusively from the late 18th century were popular with the people and served the curiosity of the audience. As folk theaters , funfair theaters offered not only spectacle and equipment pieces , but also live pictures or presentations of horse theaters and traveling menageries to satisfy the public's curiosity for the unusual.
criticism
The French situationist and filmmaker Guy Debord wrote a work that was influential for the New Left in 1967, entitled The Society of the Spectacle , in which he criticized the spectacle of consumption in Western societies from a neo-Marxist perspective , building on the analysis of commodity fetishism . Theodor W. Adorno takes a similarly critical position with his concept of the culture industry .
See also
literature
- spectacle. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 16 : Sea life – speaking - (X, 1st section). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1905, Sp. 2131-2134 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
