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The Situationist International, which leaped to the fore during the Paris tumult of 1968, has extended its revolutionary influence right up to the present day. In Leaving the Twentieth Century, the movement is captured for the first time in its full range and diversity.
McKenzie Wark traces the group's development from the bohemian Paris of the '50s to the explosive days of May '68. She introduces the group as an ensemble, revealing the work and activities of thinkers previously obscured by the reputation of founding member Guy Debord. Roaming through Europe and exploring the vital lives its members-including Constant, Asger Jorn, Mich?le Bernstein, Alexander Trocchi, and Jacqueline de Jong-Wark uncovers a group riven with conflicting passions. She follows the narrative beyond 1968, to the Situationists International's disintegration and beyond: the ideas of T. J. Clark, the Fourierist utopia of Raoul Vaneigem, Ren? Vienet's earthy situationist cinema, Gianfranco Sanguinetti's pranking of the Italian ruling class, Alice Becker-Ho's account of the anonymous language of the Romany, and Debord's late films and his surprising work as a game designer.
McKenzie Wark traces the group's development from the bohemian Paris of the '50s to the explosive days of May '68. She introduces the group as an ensemble, revealing the work and activities of thinkers previously obscured by the reputation of founding member Guy Debord. Roaming through Europe and exploring the vital lives its members-including Constant, Asger Jorn, Mich?le Bernstein, Alexander Trocchi, and Jacqueline de Jong-Wark uncovers a group riven with conflicting passions. She follows the narrative beyond 1968, to the Situationists International's disintegration and beyond: the ideas of T. J. Clark, the Fourierist utopia of Raoul Vaneigem, Ren? Vienet's earthy situationist cinema, Gianfranco Sanguinetti's pranking of the Italian ruling class, Alice Becker-Ho's account of the anonymous language of the Romany, and Debord's late films and his surprising work as a game designer.
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Table of contents
- CoverĀ
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- ContentsĀ
- Leaving the Twentieth Century: Situationist Revolutions
- 1. Street Ethnography
- 2. No More Temples of the Sun
- 3. The Torrent of History
- 4. Extreme Aesthetics
- 5. A Provisional Micro-Society
- 6. Permanent Play
- 7. Tin Can Philosophy
- 8. The Thing of Things
- 9. Divided We Stand
- 10. An Athlete of Duration
- 11. New Babylon
- 12. The Beach Beneath the Street
- 13. The Critique of Everyday Life
- 14. Liberty Guiding the People
- 15. The Spectacle of Modern Life
- 16. Anarchies of Perception
- 17. The Revolution of Everyday Life
- 18. DƩtournement as Utopia
- 19. Charles Fourierās Queer Theory
- 20. The Ass Dreams of China Pop
- 21. Mao by Mao
- 22. The Occulted State
- 23. The Last Chance to Save Capitalism
- 24. Anti-Cinema
- 25. The Devilās Party
- 26. Guy Debord, His Art and Times
- 27. A Romany Detour
- 28. The Language of Discretion
- 29. Game of War
- 30. The Strategist
- 31. The Inhuman Comedy
- Notes
- Index