Internationale Situationniste (Issues 1-12); Le Point D'Explosion de L'Ideologie en Chine (Issue 11 supplement)

Published by Internationale Situationniste, Paris, 1969

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All 12 issues of Internationale Situationniste, plus the supplement to Issue 11. All are first editions, first printings except No. 2, which is the second printing from 1962. Text in French. Staple-bound in publisher's metallic wraps, supplement in white wraps. Overall Near Fine with light rubbing and shelf wear, musty odor. Chipping to metallic coating at Vol. 2 extremities, writing impressions to back cover, and foxing to terminals. Small bump to upper right corners of Vols. 7, 8, and 10. Housed in a striking custom slipcase with a peg and bead Galton board design to the spine, a reference to Guy Debord's famous drift theory, which linked aimless movement through an urban landscape to the random trajectory of a pinball. A complete metal rainbow comprising the primary theses of the Situationist International. The small avant-garde Marxist group had tiny branches around the world but was centered in Paris, and held its place at the forefront of politics, philosophy, and art from the Beat era to the tail end of the 1960s. Situationists were pivotal in the student revolts in Paris in May 1968. Their critique of society in all of its facets was so dense and nuanced it anticipated the revolutionaries of the next five decades and set the bar high for them, perhaps impossibly so. But as one of the slogans spray-painted around Paris in May 1968 went, "Be realistic. Demand the impossible.".…

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Title
Internationale Situationniste (Issues 1-12); Le Point D'Explosion de L'Ideologie en Chine (Issue 11 supplement)
Author
Debord, Guy; Constant; Asger Jorn; Raoul Vaneigem; Attila Kotanyi; Alexander Trocchi; J.V. Martin; Michele Bernstein; Mustapha Kayati; et. al
Publisher
Internationale Situationniste, Paris
Publication year
1969
Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition.
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Philosophy, Politics, Social Movements

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