r/Situationism

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Situationist International

r/Situationism

The Situationist International (SI) was an internationalist group of revolutionaries based mainly in Europe with very restricted membership. Founded in 1957, it reached its peak of influence in the May 1968 protests in France. Their views on the privatisation of the public sphere have found renewed interest, with the rise of modern technologies, and the privatisation of the private sphere.

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#Welcome to r/Situationism!

The Situationist International (SI) was an internationalist group of revolutionaries based mainly in Europe with very restricted membership. Founded in 1957, it reached its peak of influence in the May 1968 protests in France.

With their ideas rooted in Marxism and the 20th-century European artistic avant-gardes, they advocated experiences of life alternative to those admitted by advanced capitalism, for the fulfilment of human desires.

For this purpose they suggested and experimented with the "construction of situations", namely the setting up of environments favorable for the fulfilment of such desires. Using methods drawn from the arts, they developed a series of experimental fields of study, including unitary urbanism and r/Psychogeography.

Key concepts: Internationalism, Class consciousness, Dérive, Détournement, General Strike, Recuperation, Spectacle, Unitary Urbanism

#Notable Situationist Thinkers:

Michele Bernstein
Ivan Chtcheglov
Constant Nieuwenhuys
Guy Debord
Pinot Gallizio
Jacqueline de Jong
Asger Jorn
Attila Kotányi
Jørgen Nash
Charles Radcliffe
Ralph Rumney
Alexander Trocchi
Raoul Vaneigem (author, The Revolution of Everyday Life)
René Viénet
Gianfranco Sanguinetti (radical Italian winemaker)

(Please see a more complete list of members here)

#Situationist Organizations:

Lettrist International
Gruppe SPUR
IMIB
Situationist International
Council for Maintaining the Occupations
Second Situationist International

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