The diversity and the contrasts are appearances of a socially organized appearance, the general truth of which must itself be recognized. Considered in its own terms, the spectacle is affirmation of appearance and affirmation of all human life, namely social life, as mere appearance. But the which reaches the truth of the spectacle exposes it as the visible negation of life, as a negation of life which has become visible.

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The diversity and the contrasts are appearances of a socially organized appearance, the general truth of which must itself be recognized. Considered in its own terms, the spectacle is affirmation of appearance and affirmation of all human life, namely social life, as mere appearance. But the critique which reaches the truth of the spectacle exposes it as the visible negation of life, as a negation of life which has become visible.

The lines given in question statement are taken from the article The Society of the Spectacle written by Guy-Ernest Debord.

The article is an analysis of existing or modern consumer culture and commodity fetishism, dealing with issues such as class division and  cultural homogenization. He also mentioned the mass media. The word spectacle is referred to the autocratic style of market economy. The writer has stated that the market leaders use the spectacle as a tool for diverting the attention of the masses

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