The real split in the International : theses on the Situationist International and Its time, 1972
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The real split in the International : theses on the Situationist International and Its time, 1972
Pluto Press, 2003
Enlarged ed
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La Véritable Scission dans L'Internationale
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"First published as La Véritable Scission dans L'Internationale by Editions Champ Libre, Paris, 1972" -- T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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First published in 1972 in Paris, The Real Split in the International is regarded as one of Guy Debord and the Situationists' finest works.
Exploding as politically revolutionary at the heart of the Paris 1968 uprisings, the Situationist International has proved a tenaciously compelling radical movement in terms of asthetics and political theory.
The Real Split in the International sees Debord not only evaluate the movement as a whole, but also signal the end of it. For him, it had become clear that the Situationist's success had produced - within its own ranks as well as outside them - a host of fans and 'onlookers' who amounted to little more than consumers of a radicality that had become fashionable. In this way the movement had begun to encompass the very 'society of the spectacle' that the Situationists had challenged. There was a danger that Situationist theory could turn into ideology - Debord's reaction was to break up the movement.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Translator's Acknowledgements
Theses on the Situationist International and its time,
by Guy Debord and Gianfranco Sanguinetti
Appendices
1. Notes to serve towards the history of the Situationist International from 1969 to 1971
2. On our enemies' decay
3. Guy Debord's report to the seventh Situationist International Conference in Paris (excerpts)
4. Raoul Vaneigem's letter of resignation
5. Communique from the Situationist International concerning Vaneigem
6. Declaration of the 11th November 1970
7. Statutes adopted at the Venice Conference on the 30th September 1969 (excerpt)
8. The detournements in the Theses on the Situationist International and its time
9. Detournement as negation and prelude (Guy Debord in issue n 3 of the Situationist International journal, excerpt)
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