![]() ![]() With the caveat that everyone's tastes are different and one person's great writing is another person's flowery nonsense, but I'd recommend at least trying that one if you haven't already.Ĭontributions to The Revolutionary Struggle, Intended To Be Discussed, Corrected, And Principally, Put Into Practice Without Delay and Instructions for an Insurrection are two other short ones that stick in my head. Revolution of Daily Life is a whole lot longer than SotS, much more of a proper book, but on the other hand I think Vaneigem's writing style is a whole lot easier and more fun than Debord's. ![]() Spectacular Times would probably be my #1 recommendation for a nice, short, very readable introduction to situationist perspectives. As Debord noted in his follow-up work, Comments on the Society of the Spectacle (1988), 'spectacular domination has succeeded in raising an entire generation molded to its laws.' Contents: Preface by Ken Knabb 1. Other suggestions for possibly easier starting points for getting to grips with the sits: Now finally available in a superb English translation approved by the author, Debord’s text remains as crucial as ever for understanding the contemporary effects of power, which are increasingly inseparable from the new virtual worlds of our rapidly changing image / information culture. Most people today have scarcely any awareness of pre-spectacle history, let alone of anti-spectacle possibilities. I'd say it's a brilliant updating of revolutionary theory to the conditions of mid-20th capitalism, but of course not all of that is going to be relevant today. The suggestion about starting off with Chapter 4 is a good one. ![]()
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