Situationist International

Content by or about the Situationist International, an international organisation of social revolutionaries made up of avant-garde (anti-)artists, intellectuals, and political theorists which was prominent in Europe from its formation in 1957 to its dissolution in 1972.

Situationist map of Paris

Situationist map of Paris

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Leaving the 20th Century - The incomplete works of the Situationist International

English translations of 22 texts from Internationale Situationniste, with three introductory…

A selection of quotes

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…

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Lost Texts Around King Mob

9 January 2024 BPC Publications (London) announces release of the first book in the WisEbooks Series: Lost Texts Around King Mob: 1968-72…

Expect Anything, Fear Nothing: The Situationist Movement in Scandinavia

The first English-language presentation of the Scandinavian Situationists and their role in the…

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Cosmonauts of the Future: Texts from the Situationist Movement in Scandinavia

First ever English-language anthology of the Scandinavian Situationists. Edited by Mikkel Bolt…

The Crisis of the Situationist International - Jonathan Horelick

A critique from a former member of the American section of the SI, published in 1973.

The Veritable Split in the International - Situationist International

The final publication of the S.I. from 1972.

Notes to Serve as a History of the SI from 1969 to 1971 - Debord & Sanguinetti

On the internal difficulties of the Situationist International in its final years, including several resignations and exclusions.

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Loaded Words: A Rebel's Guide to Situationese

Article providing a concise glossary of situationist texts, published in the 2/1973 issue of New Morning (Berkeley)

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A Critique of the Situationist International as a Revolutionary Organization - Robert Chasse and Bruce Elwell

A critical history of the SI from 1970 by two former members of its American…

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Situationist International #1 - review of the American section of the S.I.

Sole issue of the journal of the American section of the Situationist International, published June…

To nonsubscribers of Radical America

A poster by the American section of the Situationist International critiquing the translation of "Society of the Spectacle" produced by Radical…