Situationism: A Compendium

Situationism: A Compendium

After Guy Debordâ€™s seminal Society of the Spectacle, this new compendium brings together eight other important situationist works. Ivan Chtcheglov opens proceedings via his Formulary for a New Urbanism (1953), with itâ€™s quasi-mythical demand that resonated down through generations: â€œThe hacienda must be builtâ€, followed by two brief but illuminating pieces from Asger Jorn, whoâ€™s sandpaper book cover later turned up under the same Factory Records roof as Manchestersâ€™ own Hacienda, on the Durrtti Columnâ€™s "Return of the Durrutti Column" ( the title itself lifted from Andre Bertrand's dÃ©tourned pro-situ comic strip). Debordâ€™s The Decline and Fall of the Spectacle-Commodity Economy-was an immediate, razor sharp response to the LA/Watts Riots of 1965, itâ€™s analysis of the relationship between the rioter and the meaningless, unaffordable commodities they loot or destroy resonating heavily today. Tunisian situationist Mustapha Khayati contributes Address to Revolutionaries of Algeria and of All Countries and the game changing â€œOn the Poverty of Student Lifeâ€, the match that arguably lit the fires of May 68â€™. Raoul Vaneigem's The Revolution of Everyday Life finishes things off in defiant fashion : â€œ. Youâ€™re f*%@g Around With Us? â€” Not For Long!â€
Country USA
Manufacturer Bread and Circuses
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-01-20
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Bread and Circuses
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-01-20
Format	Kindle eBook

Situationism: A Compendium

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