What is situationism? : a reader

This anthology gathers together a broad range of critical material about the Situationist International. The texts run sequentially according to date of original publication, thereby providing an overview of the way in which situationism has been historicized in the Anglo-American world. A wealth of historical and interpretative information is provided by the various contributors. This plurality of voices ranges from underground legends to art theorists, ultra-leftists to professional academics, whose opinions blend and clash to provide a book that is far more vibrant than a conventional monograph. Introduction / Stewart Home -- Essays From Leaving The 20th Century / Christopher Gray, Ed. -- Critique Of The Situationist International / Jean Barrot -- The End Of Music / Dave And Stuart Wise -- Basic Banalities / Stewart Home -- The Situationist International : Its Penetration Into British Culture / George Robertson -- The Situationist International And Its Historification : Ralph Rumney In Conversation With Stewart Home -- Aesthetics And Resistance : Totality Reconsidered / Stewart Home -- The Realization And Suppression Of Situationism / Bob Black -- The Situationist International : A Case Of Spectacular Neglect / Sadie Plant -- Orgone Addicts : Wilhelm Reich Versus The Situationists / Jim Martin -- The Situationist Legacy / Alastair Bonnett. Stewart Home, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Iv) And Index. Contents 4 Selected Bibliography 5 Introduction by Stewart Home 6 Essays from Leaving the 20th Century by Christopher Gray 8 Critique of the Situationist International by Jean Barrot 29 The End of Music by Dave and Stuart Wise 68 Basic Banalities by Stewart Home 108 The Situationist International: Its Penetration into British Culture by George Robertson 112 The Situationist International and Its Historification Ralph Rumney in conversation with Stewart Home 139 Aesthetics & Resistance: Totality Reconsidered by Stewart Home 145 The Realization and Suppression of Situationism by Bob Black 148 The Situationist International: A Case of Spectacular Neglect by Sadie Plant 158 Orgone Addicts: Wilhelm Reich versus the Situationists by Jim Martin 178 The Situationist Legacy by Alastair Bonnett 197 Index 207 Introduction by Stewart Home 1. Essays from Leaving the 20th Century by Christopher Gray 2. Critique of the Situationist International by Jean Barrot (Gilles Dauvé) 3. The End of Music by Dave and Stuart Wise 4. Basic Banalities by Stewart Home 5. The Situationist International: Its Penetration into British Culture by George Robertson 6. The Situationist International and Its Historification: Ralph Rumney in conversation with Stewart Home 7. Aesthetics & Resistance: Totality Reconsidered by Stewart Home 8. The Realization and Suppression of Situationism by Bob Black 9. The Situationist International: A Case of Spectacular Neglect by Sadie Plant 10. Orgone Addicts: Wilhelm Reich versus the Situationists by Jim Martin 11. The Situationist Legacy by Alastair Bonnett This anthology gathers together a broad range of critical material about the Situationist International. The texts run sequentially according to date of original publication, thereby providing an overview of the way in which situationism has been historicised in the Anglo-American world. A wealth of historical and interpretative information is provided by various contributors. This plurality of voices ranges from underground legends to art theorists, ultra-leftists to professional academics, whose opinions blend and clash to provide a book that is far more vibrant than a conventional monograph. Contributors include Sadie Plant, Chris Gray, Bob Black, Alastair Bonnett, Stewart Home, Jean Barrot and George Robertson. "This anthology gathers together a broad range of critical material about the Situationist International. The texts run sequentially according to date of original publication, thereby providing an overview of the way in which situationism has been historicized in the Anglo-American world. A wealth of historical and interpretive information is provided by the various contributors. This plurality of voices ranges from underground legends to art theorists, ultra-leftists to professional academics, whose opinions blend and clash to provide a book that is far more vibrant than a conventional monograph."--back cover A collection of essays about the Situiationists written from a variety of perspectives