Situationist Writing

"Situationist" - Having to do with the theory or practical activity of constructing situations;

One who engages in the construction of situations - A member of the Situationist Internationale.

"The whole life of those societies in which modern conditions of production prevail presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. All that was once directly lived has become mere representation" Guy Debord (Society of the Spectacle)

"People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth" Raoul Vaneigem (The Revolution of Everyday life)

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	A Game of War Alice Becker-Ho & Guy Debord translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith (@las) £20.00
	The Dada Reader A Critical Anthology edited by Dawn Ades (Tate Publishing, 2006) £17.99
	Photography and Surrealism Sexuality, Colonialism and Social Dissent David Bate (I.B. Tauris, 2004) £19.99
	Panegyric Volumes 1 & 2 Guy Debord translated by James Brook and John McHale (Verso Books, 2004) £16.99
	Correspondence The Foundation of the Situationist International June 1957 - August 1960 Guy Debord translated by Stewart Kendall and John McHale (Semio Text, 2009) £12.95
	Society of the Spectacle Guy Debord translated by Ken Knabb (Rebel Press) £6.99 Classic exposition of Situationist ideas.
	Society of the Spectacle Guy Debord translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith (Zone Books) £10.95
	Considerations on the Assasination of Gerard Lebovici Guy Debord (Tam Tam Books) £10.00
	Comments on The Society of the Spectacle Guy Debord translated by Malcolm Imrie (Verso Books) £10.00 Twenty years later, Debord looks back and demonstrates that all the themes expressed in Society of the Spectacle are all the more relevant today.
	The Real Split in the International Guy Debord translated by John McHale (Pluto Press) £10.99
	The Veritable Split in the International Guy Debord translated by Chronos/Lucy Forsyth (Chronos Publications) £7.95 Guy Debord assesses the role played by the Situationist International, and also signals the end of it.
	Automatic Message Magnetic Fields Immaculate Conception André Breton - Paul Eluard - Philippe Soupault (Atlas Press, 1997) £9.99
	The Situationist International A Users Guide Simon Ford (Black Dog Publishing, 2005) £16.95
	The Realization and Suppression of the Situationist International: An Annotated Bibliography Simon Ford (AK Press) £7.95
	Short Survey of Surrealism David Gascoyne (Enitharmon Press) £8.95 The Situationists were profoundly influenced by Andre Breton and the Surrealist adventure and a knowledge of the successes and failures of Surrealism helps to understand positions taken by the Situationists.
	Guy Debord Anselm Jappe (University of California) £12.95 A lively account of the theory and practice of "the last avant garde" on its way from radical bohemianism to revolutionary theory.
	Guy Debord Complete Cinematic Works translated and edited by Ken Knabb (AK Press, 2003) £12.00
	Public Secrets Ken Knabb (Bureau of Public Secrets) £12.99
	Writings on Cities Henri Lefebvre (Blackwell Publishing) £21.99
	Guy Debord Andy Merrifield (Reaktion Books) £10.95 A comprehensive overview of the life, thought and influence of Guy Debord.
	Situationist City Simon Sadler (MIT Press) £19.95 This book investigates the artistic, architectural and cultural theories that provided the foundation for the more political ideas of the Situationists.
	Revolution Of Everyday Life Raoul Vaneigem translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith (Rebel Press) £9.90 Vaneigem presents a "subjective" analysis of the Situationist project.
	Enragés and Situationists in the Occupation Movement France May '68 René Viénet (Rebel Press) £5.95
	King Mob Echo English Section of the Situationist International Dark Star Collective (AK Press) £6.00
	Beneath the Paving Stones Situationists and the Beach May 1968 Dark Star Collective (AK Press) £9.00
	Guy Debord and the Situationist International Texts and Documents edited by Tom McDonough (October Book, 2004) £21.95
	Leaving the 20th Century The Incomplete Work of the Situationist International translated and edited by Chris Gray (Rebel Press) £9.90 The first anthology containing translations from the S.I. journals reprinted by Rebel Press with a preface by Richard Parry.