Guy Debord, the Situationist International, and the revolutionary spirit / by James Trier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trier, James, author.

Series:

Breakthroughs in the Sociology of Education; volume10.

Breakthroughs in the Sociology of Education; volume10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radicalism--France--History--20th century.

Radicalism.

Student movements--France--History--20th century.

Student movements.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Europe--History--20th century.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Internationale situationniste.

Debord, Guy, 1931-1994--Criticism and interpretation.

Debord, Guy.

Debord, Guy, 1931-1994--Political and social views.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (461 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : Brill | Sense, 2019.

Summary:

Guy Debord, the Situationist International, and the Revolutionary Spirit presents a history of the two avant-garde groups that French filmmaker and subversive strategist Guy Debord founded and led: the Lettrist International (1952–1957) and the Situationist International (1957–1972). Debord is popularly known for his classic book The Society of the Spectacle (1967), but his masterwork is the Situationist International (SI), which he fashioned into an international revolutionary avant-garde group that orchestrated student protests at the University of Strasbourg in 1966, contributed to student unrest at the University of Nanterre in 1967–1968, and played an important role in the occupations movement that brought French society to a standstill in May of 1968. The book begins with a brief history of the Lettrist International that explores the group’s conceptualization and practice of the critical anti-art practice of détournement, as well as the subversive spatial practices of the dérive, psychogeography, and unitary urbanism. These practices, which became central to the Situationist International, anticipated many contemporary cultural practices, including culture jamming, critical media literacy, and critical public pedagogy. This book follows up the edited book Détournement as Pedagogical Praxis (Sense Publishers, 2014), and together they offer readers, particularly those in the field of Education, an introduction to the history, concepts, and critical practices of a group whose revolutionary spirit permeates contemporary culture, as can be seen in the political actions of Pussy Riot in Russia, the “yellow vest” protesters in France, the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and the striking teachers and student protesters on campuses throughout the U.S.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

Introduction

Guy Debord, the Lettrists, and the Lettrist International, 1951–1957

The SI’s First Phase, Part One, 1957–1958

The SI’s First Phase, Part Two, 1958–1960

The SI’s First Phase, Part Three, 1960–1962

The SI’s Second Phase, Part One, 1962–1966

The SI’s Second Phase, Part Two, 1966–1967

The SI’s Second Phase, Part Three, 1967–1968

The SI’s Third Phase, 1968–1972

On the Passage of Guy Debord’s Life after the Situationist International, 1972–1994

Back Matter

Membership of the Situationist International

The Return of the Durutti Column

Delirium: Ivan Chtcheglov’s Last Dérive

Chronology of the Lettrist International and the Situationist International

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-40201-2

OCLC:

1096223144

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004402010 DOI