Guy Debord's The Game of War

by Richard Barbrook, Fabian Tompsett

Unpopular Books has published the extended version of Richard Barbrook and Fabian Tompsett’s script for Ilze Black’s film – Class Wargames Presents Guy Debord’s The Game of War – along with the group’s communiqués and a specially written preface by Fabian Tompsett.

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Richard Barbrook is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Westminster.

Working with Andy Cameron, he wrote The Californian Ideology which was a pioneering critique of the neo-liberal politics of Wired magazine. His other important writings about the Net include The Hi-Tech Gift Economy, Cyber-communism, The Regulation of Liberty and The Class of the New.

In 2007, Richard moved to the Social Sciences School of the University of Westminster and published his study of the political and ideological role of the prophecies of artificial intelligence and the information society: Imaginary Futures.

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Reviews

[Mehdi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh. Thompsett and Barbrook try a bit too hard. Good for the Debord fan.