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Title The Situationist International : a critical handbook / edited by Alastair Hemmens and Gabriel Zacarias
Published London : Pluto Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 330 pages)
Contents Part I. Key Contexts -- 1 Debord's Reading of Marx, Lukács and Wittfogel: A Look at the Archives p. 19 / Anselm Jappe -- 2 The Unsurpassable: Dada, Surrealism and the Situationist International p. 27 / Krzysztof Fijalkowski -- 3 Lettrism p. 43 / Fabrice Flahutez -- 4 The Situationists, Hegel and Hegelian Marxism in France p. 51 / Tom Bunyard -- 5 The Situationist International and the Rediscovery of the Revolutionary Workers' Movement p. 71 / Anthony Hayes -- 6 The Shadow Cast by the Situationist International on May '68 p. 94 / Anna Trespeuch-Berthelot -- 7 The Situationists' Anti-colonialism: An Internationalist Perspective p. 103 / Sophie Dolto and Nedjib Sidi Moussa -- 8 Gender and Sexuality in the Situationist International p. 118 / Ruth Baumeister -- 9 Revolutionary Romanticism in the Twentieth Century: Surrealists and Situationists p. 138 / Michael Löwy --
Part II. Key Concepts -- 10 The Spectacle p. 149 / Alastair Hemmens and Gabriel Zacarias -- 11 The Constructed Situation p. 168 / Gabriel Zacarias -- 12 Unitary Urbanism: Three Psychogeographic Imaginaries p. 183 / Craig Buckley -- 13 The Abolition of Alienated Labour p. 201 / Alastair Hemmens -- 14 Détournement in Language and the Visual Arts p. 214 / Gabriel Zacarias -- 15 The Situationists' Revolution of Everyday Life p. 236 / Michael E. Gardiner -- 16 Radical Subjectivity: Considered in its Psychological, Economic, Political, Sexual and, Notably, Philosophical Aspects p. 252 / Alastair Hemmens -- 17 The 'Realisation of Philosophy' p. 270 / Tom Bunyard -- 18 Recuperation p. 281 / Patrick Marcolini -- 19 Internationalism p. 290 / Bertrand Cochard
Summary From its foundation in 1957 to its self-dissolution in 1972, the Situationist International established itself as one of the most radical revolutionary organisations of the twentieth century. This book brings together leading researchers on the SI to provide a comprehensive critical analysis of the group's key concepts and contexts, from its relationship to earlier artistic avant-gardes, romanticism, Hegelianism, the history of the workers' movement and May '68 to the concepts and practices of 'spectacle', 'constructed situations', 'everyday life' and 'detournement'. The volume also considers historically underexamined areas of the SI, including the situation of women in the group and its opposition to colonialism and racism. With contributions from a broad range of thinkers including Anselm Jappe and Michael Loewy, this account takes a fresh look at the complex workings of a group that has come to define radical politics and culture in the post-war period
Up-to-date collection on the Situationist International, rethinking their relevance for today
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed April 9, 2020)
Subject Internationale situationniste -- History
SUBJECT Internationale situationniste fast
Subject Situation (Aesthetics) -- History -- 20th century
Radicalism in art -- History -- 20th century
Politics in art -- History -- 20th century
Art -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century
ART -- Art & Politics.
Art -- Political aspects
Politics in art
Radicalism in art
Situation (Aesthetics)
Genre/Form Essays
History
Essays.
Form Electronic book
Author Hemmens, Alastair, editor
Zacarias, Gabriel Ferreira, editor
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