The Most Radical Gesture: The Situationist International in a Postmodern Age / Edition 1

by Sadie Plant

Overview

This book is the first major study of the Situationist International. Tracing the history, ideas and influences of this radical and inspiring movement from dada to postmodernism, it argues that situationist ideas of art, revolution, everyday life and the spectacle continue to inform a variety of the most urgent poltical events, cultural movements, and theoretical debates of our times.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415062220
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/07/1992
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction: ‘Now, the SI' 1. ‘The More You Concern' 2. ‘A World of Pleasures to Win' 3. ‘A Single Choice' 4. ‘Those Who Create Disorder' 5. ‘Flee, but while fleeing' In Conclusion: ‘The Bad days will end' References Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

‘Plant's book is a timely and important interrogation of the relationshiop between situationism and postmodernism, ...' - Modern & Contemporary France

‘An analysis of Situationism is long overdue, and Sadie Plant's rigorous account finally gives it credit for its enormous contribution to postwar theory and revolutionary politics.' - New Statesman and Society

‘This is the first accessible study of the situationists, one of the 20th century's more arcane and avante-garde political groups.' - Sunday Times

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