(H/B) THE SPECTACLE OF DISINTEGRATION

Παρουσίαση

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, Rene' Vienets earthy situationist cinema, Gianfranco Sangunettis pranking of the Italian ruling class, Alice-Becker Hos account of the anonymous language of the Romany, Guy Debords late films and his surprising work as a game designer.
At once an extraordinary counter history of radical praxis and a call to arms in the age of financial crisis and the resurgence of the streets, The Spectacle of Disintegration recalls the hidden journeys taken in the attempt to leave the twentieth century, and plots an exit from the twenty first.
The dustjacket unfolds to reveal a fold-out poster of the collaborative graphic essay combining text selected by McKenzie Wark with composition and drawings by Kevin C. Pyle. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

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
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index