What Is Situationism?: A Reader

Edinburgh and San Francisco: AK Press, 1996. iv, 203 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Firm binding, creased spine. Clean inside copy. Age toning. "This anthology gathers together a broad range of critical material about the Situationist International. The texts run sequentially according to date of original publication, thereby providing an overview of the way in which situationism has been historicized in the Anglo-American world. A wealth of historical and interpretive information is provided by the various contributors. This plurality of voices ranges from underground legends to art theorists, ultra-leftists to professional academics, whose opinions blend and clash to provide a book that is far more vibrant than a conventional monograph." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction, by Stewart Home; Essays from Leaving the 20th century, by Christopher Gray; Critique of the Situationist International, by Jean Barrot; The end of music, by Dave and Stuart Wise; Basic banalities, by Stewart Home; The Situationist International: its penetration into British culture, by George Robertson; The Situationist International and its historification: Ralph Rumney in conversation with Stewart Home; Aesthetics and resistance: totality reconsidered, by Stewart Home; The realization and suppression of Situationism, by Bob Black; The Situationist International: a case of spectacular neglect, by Sadie Plant; Orgone addicts: Wilhelm Reich versus the Situationists, by Jim Martin; The Situationist legacy, by Alastair Bonnett.. 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo.