false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167920054m/28064.jpg 28064 1 This volume is a revised and expanded version of a special issue of the journal <i>October</i> (Winter 1997) that was devoted to the work of the Situationist International (SI). The first section of the issue contained previously unpublished critical texts, and the second section contained translations of primary texts that had previously been unavailable in English. The emphasis was on the SI's profound engagement with the art and cultural politics of their time (1957-1972), with a strong argument for their primarily political and activist stance by two former members of the group, T. J. Clark and Donald Nicholson-Smith.<br /> <br /> <i>Guy Debord and the Situationist International</i> supplements both sections. It reprints important, hard-to-find essays by Giorgio Agamben, Libero Andreotti, Jonathan Crary, Thomas Y. Levin, Greil Marcus, and Tom McDonough and doubles the number of translations of primary texts, which now encompass a broader and more representative range of the SI's writings on culture and language. In a field still dominated by hagiography, the critical texts were selected for their willingness to confront critically the history and legacy of the SI. They examine the group within the broader framework of the historical and neo-avant-gardes and, beyond that, the postwar world in general. The translations trace the SI's reflections on the legacy of the avant-garde in art and architecture, particularly on the linguistic and spatial significance of montage aesthetics. Many of the translated works are by Guy Debord (1932-1994), the impresario of the SI, especially known for his book <i>The Society of the Spectacle</i>. 28655 book 1 4 2004 Guy Debord and the Situationist International: Texts and Documents (October Books) total:41|5:13|4:20|3:5|2:3|1:0| 41 166 75 3 3 0 false false Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 19:51:16 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 31 05:52:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 15 09:14:28 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 10:28:17 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Mon Jun 09 21:44:33 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 21:45:27 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Nov 22 20:53:29 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 20:53:29 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 11:20:01 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 11:20:01 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 21:00:14 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 21:00:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 01:45:34 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 01:45:34 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 12 04:02:15 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 04:02:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 08 09:00:21 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 09:00:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 29 20:15:25 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 20:15:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 25 23:19:45 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 23:19:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 25 11:51:59 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 11:51:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 15 11:37:29 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 11:37:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 04 21:43:28 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 21:43:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 03 18:21:47 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 18:21:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 24 14:42:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 14:42:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 24 03:48:11 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 03:48:11 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jun 19 20:24:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 20:24:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 16 06:38:20 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 06:38:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 28 18:27:48 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 18:27:48 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=28064