The Blind Men and the Elephant

A poster by Ken Knabb collecting quotes about the Situationist International (January 1975). Reprinted in Public Secrets: Collected Skirmishes of Ken Knabb (1997).

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Ken Knabb

An expanded collection of the quotations (updated to 1981) was included as an appendix in the Situationist International Anthology (1981).

From https://www.bopsecrets.org/PS/blindmen75.htm

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