The Situationist City

by Simon Sadler

Book Overview

Simon Sadler searches for the Situationist City among the detritus of tracts, manifestos, and works of art that the Situationist International left behind.

From 1957 to 1972 the artistic and political movement known as the Situationist International (SI) worked aggressively to subvert the conservative ideology of the Western world. The movement's broadside attack on "establishment" institutions and values left its mark upon the libertarian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262692252
• ISBN13: 9780262692250
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Longing for the ludic

An excellent book, within the constraints the author sets for himself, to deal primarily with what could ahistorically, but reasonably be called "situationist" architecture and architectural theory. There is no doubt the book makes bored, sensitive fellows like myself want to go out and do something to keep these insane transformational ideas alive and working in culture. I'd love to have a list of all the other bored people, we could have a big party.