{"product_id":"leaving-the-twentieth-century-situationist-revolutions-by-mckenzie-wark","title":"'Leaving the Twentieth Century: Situationist Revolutions' by McKenzie Wark","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-38\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-38\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-38\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-194\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"642bc3f9-630e-4749-ae32-6b2bfa3c9114\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"streaming-animation markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"567\"\u003eMcKenzie Wark reconstructs the Situationist International and presents it as an unfinished experiment in how life might escape its conversion into work, commodities and spectacle.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"567\"\u003eMoving from the bohemian Paris of the 1950s through May 1968 and the movement’s later dispersal, Wark follows figures including Guy Debord, Michèle Bernstein, Raoul Vaneigem, Alice Becker-Ho and Asger Jorn across art, architecture, cinema, political theory and everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"1023\"\u003eIt is especially deep on methods, of dérive, détournement, play, plagiarism, refusal and the manufacture of situations capable of interrupting ordinary capitalist time. The writing is brisk, argumentative and refreshingly unwilling to embalm radical ideas beneath reverence. It also attends to the movement’s exclusions, eccentricities and internal fractures rather than reducing it to Debord and a few endlessly recycled slogans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1441\"\u003eThis 2024 volume brings together \u003cem data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1088\"\u003eThe Beach Beneath the Street\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1126\"\u003eThe Spectacle of Disintegration\u003c\/em\u003e, creating a substantial single-volume history of both the classical Situationist International and its unruly afterlives. A very good entry point for readers interested in cultural politics, revolutionary aesthetics and the problem of how rebellion itself becomes merchandise. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1443\" data-end=\"1569\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst one-volume edition, Verso, 2024. Paperback. Light surface and shelf wear; clean and firmly bound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45873189814355,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-28T154117.890.png?v=1785217487","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/leaving-the-twentieth-century-situationist-revolutions-by-mckenzie-wark","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}