The spectacle of disintegration / McKenzie Wark.

Main entry:

Wark, McKenzie, 1961-

Title & Author:

The spectacle of disintegration / McKenzie Wark.

Publication:

London : Verso Books, 2013.

Description:

240 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Widening gyres -- The critique of everyday life -- Liberty guiding the people -- The spectacle of modern life -- Anarchies of perception -- The revolution of everyday life -- Detournement 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:

Following his acclaimed history of the Situationist International up until the late sixties, The Beach Beneath the Street, McKenzie Wark returns with a companion volume which puts the late work of the Situationists in a broader and deeper context, charting their contemporary relevance and their deep critique of modernity. Wark builds on their work to map the historical stages of the society of the spectacle, from the diffuse to the integrated to what he calls the disintegrating spectacle. The Spectacle of Disintegration takes the reader through the critique of political aesthetics of former Situationist T.J. Clark, the Fourierist utopia of Raoul Vaneigem, René Vienetʹs earthy situationist cinema, Gianfranco Sangunettiʹs pranking of the Italian ruling class, Alice-Becker Hoʹs account of the anonymous language of the Romany, Guy Debordʹs late films and his surprising work as a game designer. -- Publisher description.

ISBN:

9781844679577 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1844679578 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781844679584 (ebook)
1844679586 (ebook)

Subject:

Internationale situationniste.
Arts, European 20th century.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Europe History 20th century.
Arts européens 20e siècle.
Arts, European.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Europe.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282959
Call No.: BIB 220881
Status: Available

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