Situationists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23599873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Pinder (0009-0002-5078-001X, Roskilde University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118430873.est0790 |
| OpenAlex | W4250102836 |
| ISBN | 9781118430873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The Situationist International was a revolutionary avant‐garde group active between 1957 and 1972, whose ideas and practices have proved influential and provocative in the decades since. The situationists are best known for their critique of the alienating and image‐saturated conditions of “the society of the spectacle,” as well as for their role in the movements and occupations in France of May 1968. Their theoretical perspectives owed much to Marx, Hegel, Lukács, Lefebvre, and earlier avant‐gardes, especially dada and surrealism, but they were forged out of attempts to change everyday life and its situations. As such their activities cut across conventional boundaries between politics, art, and theory. The diverse, collective, and changing nature of the situationist project raises profound questions about the relationships between art and politics, and about political organization; it also continues to inspire efforts to transform social life and space.
| Highly cited | No |
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