{"product_id":"with-and-against-dominique-routhier-9781804292556","title":"With and Against: The Situationist International in the Age of Automation","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe little-known story of the Situationist International's struggle against the automation of everyday life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo other art movement has so profoundly influenced radical politics as the Situationist International. But beyond the clich駸 about its purported leader Guy Debord, the \"society of the spectacle,\" \u003ci\u003ed騁ournement\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ed駻ive\u003c\/i\u003e, lies a more complex story about key historical shifts in the composition of capital, work, labor, art, and revolutionary theory during the 1950s and 60s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith and Against\u003c\/i\u003e reframes the history of the Situationist International as a struggle to come to terms with the then-emerging ideologies of cybernetics and automation. Through each of the book's four chapters, Dominique Routhier dissects Situationist pamphlets, documents, artworks, and objects that refract elements of a \"cybernetic hypothesis\" the theoretically hyperbolic belief that technological progress, computers and automation make class struggle and the idea of revolution obsolete. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith equal attention to aesthetic detail and to the broader contours of political economy, this book serves as a critical intervention in art history as well a call to reconsider, more broadly, the contemporary lessons of the most political of all artistic avantgardes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dominique Routhier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1804292559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804292556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Dominique Routhier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44254886199551,"sku":"9781804292556","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95b3dce5-3f0f-4966-8f14-17a2349eff45.jpg?v=1694614891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/with-and-against-dominique-routhier-9781804292556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}