The Situationists and the New Forms of Action in Politics and Art
In 1963, Debord discusses the emerging forces of contestation.
For a Revolutionary Judgment of Art
"The point is not to engage in some sort of revolutionary art-criticism, but to make a revolutionary critique of all art."
In Short (Two Summaries of Situationist Perspectives)
The Situationists explain their viewpoint...
Intakes: Back to the Situationist International
Critique of The Situationist International by Gilles Dauve (Jean Barrot) is one of the more important texts on the situationists.We reprint below an update to the text which is due to be published in Greek by TPTG.
In the year 2000, "society of the spectacle" has become a trendy catchphrase, not quite as famous as "class struggle" used to be, but socially more acceptable. Moreover, the SI is now obscured by its main figure, Guy Debord, who is currently portrayed as the last romantic revolutionary.
The revolution of everyday life - Raoul Vaneigem
Raoul Vaneigem was one of the most important thinkers within the Situationist International as well as frequent editor of their journal Internationale Situationniste. The Revolution of Everyday Life, written in Vaneigem's typically poetic style, is one of the most important of the Situationist texts, attacking the alienation of capitalist life not only at work but also in our 'free' time
