{"product_id":"the-spectacle-of-disintegration-mckenzie-wark-9781844679577","title":"The Spectacle of Disintegration","description":"Following his acclaimed history of the Situationist International up until the late sixties, \u003ci\u003eThe Beach Beneath the Street\u003c\/i\u003e, McKenzie Wark returns with a companion volume which puts the late work of the Situationists in a broader and deeper context, charting their contemporary relevance and their deep critique of modernity. Wark builds on their work to map the historical stages of the society of the spectacle, from the diffuse to the integrated to what he calls the disintegrating spectacle. \u003ci\u003eThe Spectacle of Disintegration \u003c\/i\u003etakes the reader through the critique of political aesthetics of former Situationist T.J. Clark, the Fourierist utopia of Raoul Vaneigem, Ren  Vienet's earthy situationist cinema, Gianfranco Sangunetti's pranking of the Italian ruling class, Alice-Becker Ho's account of the anonymous language of the Romany, Guy Debord's late films and his surprising work as a game designer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once an extraordinary counter history of radical praxis and a call to arms in the age of financial crisis and the resurgence of the streets, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectacle of Disintegration\u003c\/i\u003e recalls the hidden journeys taken in the attempt to leave the twentieth century, and plots an exit from the twenty first. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dustjacket unfolds to reveal a fold-out poster of the collaborative graphic essay combining text selected by McKenzie Wark with composition and drawings by Kevin C. Pyle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e McKenzie Wark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844679578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844679577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/03\/2013","brand":"McKenzie Wark","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938927771903,"sku":"9781844679577","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cf1112e0-d66c-4358-b579-7ebc0a4df7ec.jpg?v=1681438501","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-spectacle-of-disintegration-mckenzie-wark-9781844679577","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}