The spectacle of disintegration / McKenzie Wark.

By:

Wark, McKenzie

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Brooklyn, New York : Verso, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: 240 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781844679577 (hbk.)
9781844679584 (ebk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

700.9045 WAR 23 009751

Online resources:

Table of contents

Contents:

Widening gyres -- The critique of everyday life -- Liberty guiding the people -- The spectacle of modern life -- Anarchies of perception -- The revolution of everyday life -- Detournement as Utopia -- Charles Fourier's Queer Theory -- The ass dreams of China Pop -- Mao by Mao -- The occulted state -- The last chance to save capitalism -- Anti-cinema -- The devil's party -- Guy Debord, his art and times -- A Romany detour -- The language of discretion -- Game of war -- The strategist -- The inhuman comedy.

Summary: Following his acclaimed history of the Situationist International up until the late sixties, The Beach Beneath the Street, 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. The Spectacle of Disintegration takes the reader through the critique of political aesthetics of former Situationist T.J. Clark, the Fourierist utopia of Raoul Vaneigem, René Vienetʹs earthy situationist cinema, Gianfranco Sangunettiʹs pranking of the Italian ruling class, Alice-Becker Hoʹs account of the anonymous language of the Romany, Guy Debordʹs late films and his surprising work as a game designer. -- Publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	700.9045 WAR 009751 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		009751

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Widening gyres --
The critique of everyday life --
Liberty guiding the people --
The spectacle of modern life --
Anarchies of perception --
The revolution of everyday life --
Detournement as Utopia --
Charles Fourier's Queer Theory --
The ass dreams of China Pop --
Mao by Mao --
The occulted state --
The last chance to save capitalism --
Anti-cinema --
The devil's party --
Guy Debord, his art and times --
A Romany detour --
The language of discretion --
Game of war --
The strategist --
The inhuman comedy.

Following his acclaimed history of the Situationist International up until the late sixties, The Beach Beneath the Street, 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. The Spectacle of Disintegration takes the reader through the critique of political aesthetics of former Situationist T.J. Clark, the Fourierist utopia of Raoul Vaneigem, René Vienetʹs earthy situationist cinema, Gianfranco Sangunettiʹs pranking of the Italian ruling class, Alice-Becker Hoʹs account of the anonymous language of the Romany, Guy Debordʹs late films and his surprising work as a game designer. -- Publisher description.

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