{"product_id":"situationist-international-anthology","title":"Situationist International Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1957 a few European avant-garde groups came together to form the Situationist International. Picking up where the dadaists and surrealists had left off, the situationists challenged people’s passive conditioning with carefully calculated scandals and the playful tactic of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003edétournement\u003c\/i\u003e. Seeking a more extreme social revolution than was dreamed of by most leftists, they developed an incisive critique of the global spectacle-commodity system and of its “Communist” pseudo-opposition, and their new methods of agitation helped trigger the May 1968 revolt in France. Since then situationist theories and tactics have continued to inspire radical currents all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituationist International Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the most comprehensive and accurately translated collection of situationist writings in English. It presents a rich variety of articles, leaflets, graffiti, and internal documents, ranging from experiments in “psychogeography” to lucid analyses of the Watts riots, the Vietnam War, the Prague Spring, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and other crises and upheavals of the sixties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this new edition all the translations have been fine-tuned and the bibliography has been updated to include comments on dozens of newer books by and about the situationists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKen Knabb\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas translated numerous works by Guy Debord and the Situationist International, including Debord’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Society of the Spectacle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2014; reissued by PM Press in 2024), Debord’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eComplete Cinematic Works\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2003; to be reissued by PM Press in 2026), and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituationist International Anthology\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(2006; reissued by PM Press in 2024). Knabb’s own writings, published in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand posted at his Bureau of Public Secrets website, have been translated into more than fifteen languages. He is currently presenting a series of Zoom webinars on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Society of the Spectacle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituationist International Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditor and translator:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ken Knabb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeries:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e PM Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9798887440576\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 10\/29\/2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6 x 9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 544\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55920598253641,"sku":"ald1787265934344","price":20.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/7185\/7993\/files\/situationist-international-anthology_1.jpg?v=1787265938","url":"https:\/\/streetclad.shop\/products\/situationist-international-anthology","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}