{"product_id":"guy-debord-the-situationist-international-james-trier-9789004402003","title":"Guy Debord, the Situationist International, and the Revolutionary Spirit","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuy Debord, the Situationist International, and the Revolutionary Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e presents a history of the two avant-garde groups that French filmmaker and subversive strategist Guy Debord founded and led: the Lettrist International (1952-1957) and the Situationist International (1957-1972). Debord is popularly known for his classic book \u003ci\u003eThe Society of the Spectacle\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), but his masterwork is the Situationist International (SI), which he fashioned into an international revolutionary avant-garde group that orchestrated student protests at the University of Strasbourg in 1966, contributed to student unrest at the University of Nanterre in 1967-1968, and played an important role in the occupations movement that brought French society to a standstill in May of 1968. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book begins with a brief history of the Lettrist International that explores the group's conceptualization and practice of the critical anti-art practice of d騁ournement, as well as the subversive spatial practices of the d駻ive, psychogeography, and unitary urbanism. These practices, which became central to the Situationist International, anticipated many contemporary cultural practices, including culture jamming, critical media literacy, and critical public pedagogy. This book follows up the edited book \u003ci\u003eD騁ournement as Pedagogical Praxis\u003c\/i\u003e (Sense Publishers, 2014), and together they offer readers, particularly those in the field of Education, an introduction to the history, concepts, and critical practices of a group whose revolutionary spirit permeates contemporary culture, as can be seen in the political actions of Pussy Riot in Russia, the \"yellow vest\" protesters in France, the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and the striking teachers and student protesters on campuses throughout the U.S.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSee inside the book\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Trier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004402004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004402003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020","brand":"James Trier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941300535551,"sku":"9789004402003","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c5915c52-8790-486a-b6cf-467688d413f5.jpg?v=1681452112","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/guy-debord-the-situationist-international-james-trier-9789004402003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}