Items related to The Situationist City

Sadler, Simon The Situationist City ISBN 13: 9780262193924

The Situationist City - Hardcover

 
9780262193924: The Situationist City
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
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 left, the counterculture, the revolutionary events of 1968, and more recent phenomena from punk to postmodernism. But over time it tended to obscure Situationism's own founding principles. In this book, Simon Sadler investigates the artistic, architectural, and cultural theories that were once the foundations of Situationist thought, particularly as they applied to the form of the modern city. According to the Situationists, the benign professionalism of architecture and design had led to a sterilization of the world that threatened to wipe out any sense of spontaneity or playfulness. The Situationists hankered after the "pioneer spirit" of the modernist period, when new ideas, such as those of Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche, still felt fresh and vital. By the late fifties, movements such as British and American Pop Art and French Nouveau Ralisme had become intensely interested in everyday life, space, and mass culture. The SI aimed to convert this interest into a revolution -- at the level of the city itself. Their principle for the reorganization of cities was simple and seductive: let the citizens themselves decide what spaces and architecture they want to live in and how they wish to live in them. This would instantly undermine the powers of state, bureaucracy, capital, and imperialism, thereby revolutionizing people's everyday lives. Simon Sadler searches for the Situationist City among the detritus of tracts, manifestos, and works of art that the SI left behind. The book is divided into three parts. The first, "The Naked City," outlines the Situationist critique of the urban environment as it then existed. The second, "Formulary for a New Urbanism," examines Situationist principles for the city and for city living. The third, "A New Babylon," describes actual designs proposed for a Situationist City.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
It is a pleasure to see a work that situates the Situationists. Sadler has performed a necessary and welcome correctiveto our understanding of this strange but endearing crew. -- Adam Sweeting American Book Review This concise and clearly written work shines light on...this intriguing and increasingly influential 'hidden' avant-garde. -- John Held, Jr. San Francisco Bay Guardian
About the Author:
Simon Sadler is Associate Professor of Architectural and Urban History at the University of California, Davis.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherMIT Press
  • Publication date1998
  • ISBN 10 0262193922
  • ISBN 13 9780262193924
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages244
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780262692250: The Situationist City (The MIT Press)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780262692250
Publisher: MIT Press, 1999
Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Sadler, Simon
Published by The MIT Press (1998)
ISBN 10: 0262193922 ISBN 13: 9780262193924
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0262193922

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 77.94
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.41
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Sadler, Simon
Published by Mit Pr (1998)
ISBN 10: 0262193922 ISBN 13: 9780262193924
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0262193922

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 81.16
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.37
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Sadler, Simon
Published by Mit Pr (1998)
ISBN 10: 0262193922 ISBN 13: 9780262193924
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0262193922

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 81.39
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.17
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Sadler, Simon
Published by Mit Pr (1998)
ISBN 10: 0262193922 ISBN 13: 9780262193924
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0262193922

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 81.83
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.77
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Sadler, Simon
Published by Mit Pr (1998)
ISBN 10: 0262193922 ISBN 13: 9780262193924
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Grumpys Fine Books
(Tijeras, NM, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Prompt service guaranteed. Seller Inventory # Clean0262193922

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 81.39
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.37
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Sadler, Simon
Published by Mit Pr (1998)
ISBN 10: 0262193922 ISBN 13: 9780262193924
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BennettBooksLtd
(LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2.18. Seller Inventory # Q-0262193922

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 81.39
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 4.55
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds