{"product_id":"leaving-the-twentieth-century-situationist-revolutions-9781804294864","title":"Leaving the Twentieth Century: Situationist Revolutions","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed history of the groundbreaking Situationist movement\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Situationist International, which leaped to the fore during the Paris tumult of 1968, has extended its revolutionary influence right up to the present day. In \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, the movement is captured for the first time in its full range and diversity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcKenzie Wark traces the group's development from the bohemian Paris of the '50s to the explosive days of May '68. She introduces the group as an ensemble, revealing the work and activities of thinkers previously obscured by the reputation of founding member Guy Debord. Roaming through Europe and exploring the vital lives its members--including Constant, Asger Jorn, Mich?le Bernstein, Alexander Trocchi, and Jacqueline de Jong--Wark uncovers a group riven with conflicting passions. She follows the narrative beyond 1968, to the Situationists International's disintegration and beyond: the ideas of T. J. Clark, the Fourierist utopia of Raoul Vaneigem, Ren? Vienet's earthy situationist cinema, Gianfranco Sanguinetti's pranking of the Italian ruling class, Alice Becker-Ho's account of the anonymous language of the Romany, and Debord's late films and his surprising work as a game designer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMcKenzie Wark\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Hacker Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beach beneath the Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectacle of Disintegration\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMolecular Red\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCapital Is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the popular introductions to contemporary thought \u003ci\u003eGeneral Intellects\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSensoria\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2017, she came out as transgender. Since, she has published her trans autofiction books, \u003ci\u003eReverse Cowgirl\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRaving\u003c\/i\u003e, and a work that combines memoir and literary criticism about Kathy Acker, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy for Spiders\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches at Eugene Lang College, the New School.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50877888299282,"sku":"9781804294864","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_58bb0118-9b45-488e-89d0-d8987af21de5.jpg?v=1738742297","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/leaving-the-twentieth-century-situationist-revolutions-9781804294864","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}