Main entry:

Wark, McKenzie, 1961- author.

Title & Author:

Leaving the twentieth century : Situationist revolutions / McKenzie Wark.

Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2024.
©2024

Description:

412 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
"The Beach Beneath the Street first published by Verso 2011. The Spectacle of Disintegration first published by Verso 2013"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Leaving the twentieth century : situationist revolutions -- Street ethnography -- No more temples of the sun -- The torrent of history -- Extreme aesthetics -- A provisional micro-society -- Permanent play -- Tin can philosophy -- The thing of things -- Divided we stand -- An athlete of duration -- New Babylon -- The beach beneath the street -- The critique of everyday life -- Liberty guiding the people -- The spectacle of modern life -- Anarchies of perception -- The revolution of everyday life -- Détournement as utopia -- Charles Fourier's queer theory -- The ass dreams of China pop -- Mao by Mao -- The occulted state -- The last chance to save capitalism -- Anti-cinema -- The devil's party -- Guy Debord, his art and times -- A Romany detour -- The language of discretion -- Game of war -- The strategist -- The inhuman comedy.

Summary:

"The Situationist International, which leaped to the fore during the Paris tumult of 1968, has extended its revolutionary influence right up to the present day. In Leaving the Twentieth Century, the movement is captured for the first time in its full range and diversity. McKenzie Wark traces the group’s development from the bohemian Paris of the ’50s to the explosive days of May ’68. She introduces the group as an ensemble, revealing the work and activities of thinkers previously obscured by the reputation of founding member Guy Debord. Roaming through Europe and exploring the vital lives its members--including Constant, Asger Jorn, Michèle Bernstein, Alexander Trocchi, and Jacqueline de Jong--Wark uncovers a group riven with conflicting passions. She follows the narrative beyond 1968, to the Situationists International’s disintegration and beyond: the ideas of T. J. Clark, the Fourierist utopia of Raoul Vaneigem, René Vienet’s earthy situationist cinema, Gianfranco Sanguinetti’s pranking of the Italian ruling class, Alice Becker-Ho’s account of the anonymous language of the Romany, and Debord’s late films and his surprising work as a game designer." -- Publisher's description.

ISBN:

9781804294864 paperback
1804294861 paperback
electronic book
9781804294888

Subject:

Internationale situationniste.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Art and society History 20th century.
Art and society History 21st century.
Art et société Histoire 20e siècle.
Art et société Histoire 21e siècle.

Added entries:

Wark, McKenzie, 1961- Beach beneath the street.
Wark, McKenzie, 1961- Spectacle of disintegration.

Holdings:

Location: Library main
Copy: 1
Status: On Order