,QUIT ,:ILE ,Y\'RE ,AHEAD #aihd ,PEOPLE 3 ,AU?OR 3 ,BOB ,BLACK ,TEXT 3 ,! ,BOOK ( ,PLEASURES4 ,BY ,RA\L ,VANEIGEM ,TRANSLAT$ BY ,JOHN ,FULL]TON ,LONDON3 ,P5D+ ,PRESS1 #aihc ,! NO/ALGIA CRAZE HAS CAUCUS REVEAL$ ! SITUATIONI/S AS ! OCCULT 9SPIRATION ( PUNK ROCK4 ,GUY ,DEBORD'S ,SOCIETY ( ! ,SPECTACLE HAS BE5 AVAILABLE FROM ,BLACK @& ,R$ = OV] TW5TY YE>S1 & ! AU?ORIZ$ TRANSLATION ( ,RA\L ,VANEIGEM'S ,REVOLUTION ( ,EV]YDAY ,LIFE = MORE ?AN T54 0,SITUATIONISM0 IS BACK1 IF ONLY AS AN OBJECT ( CONTEMPLATION1 BUT IT HAS NO AV[$ PRACTITION]S 7EXCEPT ABSURDITY 9C>NATE ,BILL ,BR[N74 ,AS ,NEWSWEEK US$ TO SAY1 0,:]E ,>E ,!Y ,N[80 ,= ! ,SITUATIONI/ ,9T]NATIONAL ! FLU% TIMES W]E ! E>LY & MIDDLE #f'S4 ,HAV+ \/$ ! ES!TES1 ! TRIUMPHANT POLITICIZ$ FACTION ( ,DEBORD & ,VANEIGEM TURN$ ITS M]CILESSLY LUCID SCORN ON GLOBAL 0SPECTACUL>0 SOCIETY AT ITS Z5I?4 ,! SPECTACLE IS CAPITAL SELF-CONFID5T & FULLY REALIZ$1 A SELF-SUBSI/5T /RUCTURE ( APPE>ANCES :I* ! SITUATIONI/S SUPOOS$ !Y DISC]N$ ?R\< ! WELT] ( 0ISSUES0 & CONT+5CIES4 ,WEB]IANS 9 ,HEGELIAN DRAG1 ! SITS 7,DEBORD ABOVE ALL7 CON/RUCT$ AN IDEAL TYPE1 ! SPECTACLE1 CAPITALISM 9 ITS PURITY & MATURITY4 ,& IT MU/ HAVE SEEM$ ?AT MANAG$ CAPITALISM HAD LEFT BEH9D WORLD W>S1 COLONIALISM1 & ALL O!R DETRACTIONS FROM ! BUS9ESS ( REALIZ+ ITSELF AS A TOTALITY4 ,CLASS SOCIETY AT ITS ACME CALL$ =? ! MO/ RADICAL NEGATION POSSIBLE3 ?AT ( ! SITUATIONI/S !MSELVES4 ,)9 A FEW YE>S -- 9 ! ,UNIT$ ,/ATES1 ANYWAY -- ECONOMIC DECL9E1 EXECUTIVE CORRUPTION1 MILIT>Y DEFEAT & ?W>T$ EXPECTATIONS EXHUM$1 !N REBURI$ ! >*AIC =MS ( LEFTI/ OPPOSITION1 SOME?+ ! SITS FAIL$ TO =ESEE4 ,9 ! 5D 7( :I* !Y W]E ! BEG9N+7 IT W\LD BE SIMPLY ! SITUATIONI/ WORK]S AGA9/ ! SOCIETY ( ! SPECTACLE4 ,EV]Y?+ ELSE WAS A SIDE%[1 P>T & P>CEL ( ! GREATE/ %[ ON E>?1 ! SPECTACLE4 ,N[ IT WAS ! P>TIAL SUCCESS ( ! SITUATIONI/S :I* WAS TO PROVE !IR UNDO+4 ,AS !Y W]E FOND ( QUOT+ 7A SALUTORY EXAMPLE1 ACTUALLY71 0?OSE :O MAKE HALF A REVOLUTION DIG !IR [N GRAVES0 7,SA9T-,JU/74 ,!IR HALF-REVOLUTION ( ,MAY-,JUNE #a#i#f#h1 = ALL !IR SUBSEQU5T BOA/+1 SURPRIS$ !M AS MU* AS IT DID !IR 5EMIES4 ,9 ,FRANCE !RE WAS NO W>1 NO ECONOMIC CRISIS1 & NO S]I\S POLITICAL CONFLICT4 ,EV5 ! /UD5TS :O />T$ IT ALL HAD ONLY PETTY GRIEVANCES4 ,:I* SUGGE/S ?AT ! UPRIS+ WAS AB\T SOME?+ MORE S]I\S ?AN ISSUES4 ,A FEW SITUATIONI/-9FLU5C$ /UD5TS1 5RAGES & AN>*I/S1 E>LY APPRECIAT$ ! DEP? ( ! MALAISE & EXPLOIT$4 ,SITUATIONI/ !ORY WAS 9DE$ PRACTICAL4 ,T5 MILLION ,FR5* WORK]S WALK$ AWAY FROM WORK 9 SOLID>ITY ) /UD5TS !Y HAD NEV] BE5 P>TICUL>LY FOND (4 ,S9CE !Y MADE NO DEM&S1 ! TRADITIONAL LEAD]S SUPPLI$ SOME1 ABOVE ALL1 MORE MONEY -- MORE ( ! SAME -- AS ! PHILI/9E TE*NOCRAT ,C4,P4 ,SN[ W\LD SAY1 0MORE JAM40 ,9 ITS F9AL CONSEQU5TIAL ACT1 ! ,COMMUNI/ ,P>TY ?R\< ITS UNIONS SEP>AT$ WORK]S FROM /UD5TS &1 MORE IMPORTANT1 WORK]S FROM WORK]S4 ,P]HAPS !IR MASSIVE MULTI-M$IA AGITATIONAL CAMPAIGN L5T CR$5CE TO ! SITUATIONI/ BRAG ?AT !IR IDEAS W]E 9 EV]YBODY'S HEADS2 BUT DUR+ A RA!R BRIEF P]IOD ( TIME4 ,! BAD OLD DAYS RETURN$4 ,EV5 DE ,GAULLE 5JOY$ AN ,9DIAN SUMM]4 ,! SITS HAD GIV5 HIM TOO MU* CR$IT ! TIME !Y SAID ?AT1 UNLIKE ! LEFT1 AT LEA/ ! ,GAULLI/S UND]/OOD MOD]N SOCIETY WELL 5\< TO ADM9I/] IT4 ,! RETURN TO NORMALCY WAS SO RAPID & SO SEEM+LY COMPLETE ?AT SITUATIONI/ CLAIMS CONC]N+ ! ,MAY DAYS & !IR P>T 9 !M S\ND$ EMPTY & SELF-S]V+ :5 ANN\NC$ OV] A YE> LAT] 9 0,! ,BEG9N+ ( AN ,]A40 ,]NE ,VI5ET HAD )9 WEEKS PRODUC$ A %ORT ACC\NT ) DOCUM5TATION1 BUT ! FULL-BL[N ANALYSIS & CRITIQUE CAME CURI\SLY LATE4 ,IF ,MAY #aifh WAS ! BEG9N+ ( AN ]A1 :AT WAS ,JUNE8 ,& :AT NEXT8 ,IF IT WAS TIME1 AS ANN\NC$1 TO PUT SITUATIONI/ !ORY 9TO PRACTICE1 :AT WAS ! ROLE ( ! ]/:ILE !ORI/S8 ,!Y SUGGE/$ ?AT FUR!R !ORETICAL PROGRESS W\LD BE 9=M$ BY R5EW$ WORK+-CLASS MILITANCE4 ,IT NEV] WAS4 ,IF ! !ORI/S W]E N[ TO PLAY A PURELY P$ANTIC P>T1 RE/AT+ & POPUL>IZ+ A !ORY CONSID]$ COMPLETE OR AT LEA/ PRES5T$ ?AT WAY = P$AGOGIC PURPOSES1 ! SITUATIONI/S W\LD QUALIFY = ! V]Y CRITIQUE !Y HAD AIM$ AT ! AN>*I/S4 ,:AT IS TO BE DONE8 ,:5 9 D\BT1 MORE ( ! SAME -- OR /ALL = TIME4 ,DEBORD TOOK ! FIR/ R\TE1 ,VANEIGEM ! SECOND4 ,! ,DEBORDI/S1 9CLUD+ ,VI5ET & EX-5RAGE ,]NE ,RIESEL1 POLEMICIZ$ AGA9/ ANONYM\S O!RS -- ,VANEIGEM -- = RE/+ ON !IR LAURELS4 ,/UNG BY ! ACCUSATION ( 9DOL5CE1 ,VANEIGEM RESIGN$ 9 #a#i#g1 9VOK+ A 0TA/E = PLEASURE0 HE LAT] W5T TO GREAT L5G?S TO JU/IFY4 ,9 #aiga ,RIESEL WAS PURG$ & ! TWO-MEMB] ,AM]ICAN ,SECTION /AG$ ITS 0SCISSION40 ,DEBORD & ,GIANFRANCO ,SANGU9ETTI RESPOND$ ) A T$I\S TOME1 ,! ,REAL ,SPLIT 9 ! ,9T]NATIONAL -- ! SITS ?US PRODUC+ !IR EQUIVAL5T ( ,! ,G]MAN ,IDEOLOGY AT ! 5D ( !IR C>E] 9/EAD (1 AS ,M>X & ,5GELS DID1 AT ITS BEG9N+4 ,DEBORD AWOKE AT LA/ TO HIS EMB>RASS+ RESEMBLANCE TO ! QUIXOTIC CONQUI/ADOR 9 ,W]N] ,H]ZOG'S ,AGUIRRE1 ! ,WRA? ( ,GOD :5 HE F9DS HIMSELF ALONE ON HIS RAFT1 ADRIFT ON ! ,AMAZON4 ,! ,S4,I4 DISSOLV$ 9 #a#i#g#b4 ,!RE HAD ALWAYS BE5 T5SION BETWE5 ,DEBORD'S & ,VANEIGEM'S VISIONS1 EV5 IF ,VANEIGEM -- ! FIR/ NON->TI/ ( ANY IMPORTANCE 9 ! ,S4,I4 -- GA9$ HIS COMBAT EXP]I5CE AS A P>TISAN ( ,DEBORD 9 ! CAMPAIGN AGA9/ ! ES!TES4 ,DEBORD1 ?\< AN >TI/1 WAS A CLASSICI/4 ,VANEIGEM1 NOT AN >TI/1 WAS NONE!LESS A ROMANTICI/4 ,DEBORD'S 0SPECTACLE0 IS OBJECTIVE1 /ATIC1 A /RUCTURE 79 H9DSI$ ) -- OR [$ TO -- /RUCTURALISM MU* MORE ?AN ANY SITUATIONI/ WILL EV] ADMIT74 ,VANEIGEM IS MORE DIFFUSE1 MORE DYNAMIC 9 HI/ORICAL SWEEP1 MORE SUBJECTIVE & MORE CONC]N$ ) SUBJECTIVITY4 ,DEBORD RESEMBLES ,ROBESPI]RE2 ,VANEIGEM RESEMBLES ,DANTON4 ,DEBORD IS ,APPOLLONIAN2 ,VANEIGEM IS ,DIONYSIAN4 ,K5 ,KNABB'S ,SITUATIONI/ ,9T]NATIONAL ,AN?OLOGY HEAVILY EMPHASIZES ! TEXTS ( ,DEBORD & ?OSE REFLECT+ HIS ,HEGELIAN-C]EBRAL /YLE4 ,IT ALL BUT SUPPRESSES ! ES!TIC FACTION 7,ASG] ,JORN1 ,CON/ANT1 ETC47 SO PROM95T 9 ! E>LY ,S4,I41 & IT ALSO SLICUSE1 ,*E ,GUEV>A1 ,PAUL ,GOODMAN1 ,NORMAN ,O4 ,BR[N1 ,!ODORE ,ROSZAK -- NONE WAS UP TO ! TASK4 ,NOT SURPRIS+LY1 ! TRICKLE ( TRANSLATIONS FROM ,DEBORD & ! ,DEBORDI/S MADE NO IMPACT ON #f'S ,AM]ICA4 ,BUT IF ,VANEIGEM WAS MORE ! MAN = ! #f'S ?AN ! #f'S SET EV] KNEW1 ! #g'S TOOK !IR TOLL ON HIM1 AS ON !M4 ,! ,BOOK ( ,PLEASURES 7#a#i#g#i71 TRANSLAT$ 9 #a#i#h#c1 TAKES ITS PLACE AMONG ! MANY MONUM5TS TO CONTRIV$ NO/ALGIA :I* SO MANY F\ND SO SOO?+ AT ! TIME 7& EV] S9CE74 ,:AT WAS URG5TLY EXPLICAT$ ) FURI\S 9TELLIG5CE RETURNS AS /ILT$ SELF-SIMULATION4 ,AS AT A RETROROCK REUNION1 ALL ! OLD SUP]/>S PUT 9 AN APPE>ANCE3 0SURVIVAL SICKNESS10 0REV]SAL ( P]SPECTIVE10 & ! FAMILI> ANTI!SES ( GIFT & EX*ANGE1 LIFE & SURVIVAL4 ,BUT !Y %UFFLE ON-/AGE /IFFLY1 SL[LY1 SELF-CONSCI\SLY4 ,VANEIGEM1 =M]LY A SITUATIONI/1 IS N[ A PRO-SITU4 ,HE'S SOME?+ LESS ?AN -- BUT NOT SOME?+ ELSE ?AN -- A SITUATIONI/4 ,IT WAS ?ANKS TO ,VANEIGEM ?AT ! ,S4,I4 RETRIEV$ = RADICAL CRITIQUE ! A*IEVEM5TS ( ,WILHELM ,REI*4 ,VANEIGEM APPROPRIAT$ ,REI*'S CONCEPT ( 0*>ACT]10 ! 0>MOR0 :I*1 AT ONCE PROTECTIVE & RE/RICTIVE1 REVEALS NEUROSIS TO BE BO? NORMAL & NORMATIVE 9 A REPRESSIVE SOCIETY4 ,! M$ICAL MODEL ( M5TAL ILLNESS REALIZES & EXHAU/S ITSELF 9 ! CONCLUSION ?AT SOCIETY IS SICK4 ,FREUD %RANK FROM ! IMPLICATIONS2 ,REI* TOOK IT FROM !RE4 ,BUT AS ,JEAN-,PI]RE ,VOY] OBS]VES1 0,:ILE ,REI* CONCLUD$ 9 A V]Y AMBIGU\S MANN] ?AT *>ACT] WAS AN OB/ACLE TO WORK10 RA!R1 0*>ACT] IS AN OB/ACLE TO ! CRITIQUE ( WORK40 ,VANEIGEM'S ORIG9AL =MULATION -- ALSO 0AMBIGU\S0 9 KEEP+ ) SITUATIONI/ DEF]5CE TO ,M>XISM -- CAME AS CLOSE TO RELAT+ ! SUP]SESSION ( *>ACT] TO ! SUP]SESSION ( WORK AS ! ,S4,I4 EV] GOT4 ,HE L9K$ *>ACT] 7VIA ! PLAY+ ( ROLES7 TO ! DIVISION ( LABOR & ?US TO ! TOTALITY ( EX*ANGE-ORGANIZ$ SOCIALITY4 ,FREUD WAS CONS]VATIVE1 9 FACT FATALI/IC1 AB\T SEXUALITY4 ,IT C\LDN'T BE SUPPRESS$1 & YET IT HAD TO BE SUPPRESS$4 ,9 CONTRA/1 ,REI*'S WAS A RADICALLY POSITIVI/ APPROA* ) A SLIE /RANGE B$FELL[S1 ESPECIALLY 9 ! B$ROOM4 ,REI*'S ,FREUDIAN CONTRIBUTION TO ,M>XISM WAS ONLY ADDITIVE4 ,:]E !RE WAS ONE BEEF1 ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION1 N[ !RE IS ALSO ANO!R1 SEXUAL REPRESSION4 ,REI* NEV] REG>D$ *>ACT] & WORK TOTALI/ICALLY AS EX]CIS+ A CO]CIVE CO-DOM9ION OV] EV]YDAY LIFE4 ,H5CE HE CALL$ = RADICAL RE=MS 9 BO? ! NORMS ( MORALITY & ! ORGANIZATION ( WORK1 BUT NO?+ MORE4 ,& ANY ADVANCE ,VANEIGEM MADE ON ,REI* 9 ,! ,REVOLUTION ( ,EV]YDAY ,LIFE HE SURR5D]$ 9 ,! ,BOOK ( ,PLEASURES4 ,MA/]S & ,JOHNSON HAVE LONG S9CE TAK5 ! 9PUT-\TPUT SEXOLOGY MODEL TO ! F>CE-PO9T = POSITIVISM4 ,VANEIGEM COMPLEM5TS !IR P>ODIC ,REI*IANISM ) A P>ODIC SITUATIONISM4 ,!RE >E EXACTLY TWO IDEAS 9 HIS ,BOOK4 ,SEX IS GOOD4 ,TRADE IS BAD4 ,F\R LEGS GOOD1 TWO LEGS BAD4 ,IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO 5JOY A COMMODITY3 0,EV5 /OL51 IT IS TA9T$ ) ! 9FAMY ( PRICE40 ,ON ! O!R H&1 09T5SE PLEASURE0 IMPLIES ! 5D ( WORK1 EX*ANGE1 GUILT1 ! /ATE1 EV5 ! 9TELLECT6 ,! TRU? WAS ALWAYS RI-REA*+1 CONV]G+ FROM EV]Y QU>T] ( HUMAN TIME & SPACE UPON ! APO!OSIS ( EX*ANGE3 B\RGEOIS SOCIETY4 ,VANEIGEM PUT ! COLL> ON EX*ANGE 9 EV5 ITS MO/ SUCCESSFUL DISGUISES4 ,RELIGI\S SACRIFICE1 = 9/ANCE1 IS 7VIDE ,*RI/7 A =M ( EX*ANGE ) UNUSUALLY CONFUS$ BOOKKEEP+4 ,9 CONTRA/ ! ,BOOK BOOKI%LY RAILS AGA9/ EV5 ! GIFT AS SUSPECT1 CONCEIVABLY CONCEAL+ SOME CLAIM TO RECIPROCITY4 ,LIKE ,JOHN ,Z]ZAN1 ,RA\L ,VANEIGEM IS LOOK+ = ! FALL FROM GRACE1 ! ORIG9AL S94 ,HE APPE>S TO BE UNAW>E HE HAS F\ND IT 9 SOCIETY ITSELF 7:I* IS1 COME TO ?9K ( IT1 A PLAUSIBLE READ+ ( ! ,G>D5 ( ,$5 MY?74 ,! E>LIE/ HUMANS W]E HUNT]S & GA!R]S LIV+ 9 /ATELESS1 CLASSLESS1 K9%IP-BAS$ FACE-TO-FACE SOCIETIES4 ,JUDG+ FROM !IR CONTEMPOR>Y C\NT]P>TS1 !Y PRACTIC$ :AT AN?ROPOLOGI/ ,M>%ALL ,SAHL9S HAS CALL$ 0G5]ALIZ$ RECIPROCITY03 ONGO+ GIFT-GIV+ RELATIONS )1 H[EV]1 IMPLICIT EXPECTATIONS ( APPROXIMATE EQUALITY OV] ! LONG T]M4 ,IF BY BECOM+ SOCIAL WE BECAME HUMAN1 BY BECOM+ HUMAN WE LO/ \R HUMANITY4 ,9 ,REVOLUTION1 ,VANEIGEM HELD UP AS 9SPIR+ & 9/RUCTIVE ! PLAY-ELEM5T 9 ! POTLAT* ( ! ,NOR?WE/ ,COA/ ,9DIANS1 AN UNMI/AKABLY COMPETITIVE SY/EM ( GIFT-GIV+ 70FI6 ,9T5SE PLEASURE DISPELLS GUILT -- BUT NOT BE=E ,VANEIGEM MAKES US FEEL GUILTY = FEEL+ GUILTY1 & = JU/ AB\T EV]Y?+ ELSE :I* WE1 HUDDL$ 9 D>KNESS1 DO TO OBTA9 SOME SATISFACTION FROM LIV+ H[EV] BITT]SWEET4 ,SO IF TRADE IS SICK5+1 ! CURE IS -- LIT]ALLY1 IT SEEMS -- AT H&4 ,Y\ CAN ALWAYS FUCK Y\R WAY TO FRE$OM PROVID$ NO TRACE ( MUTUALITY TA9TS Y\R EC/ASY ) EX*ANGE4 ,?IS IS NO REVOLUTION ( EV]YDAY LIFE1 JU/ O!R-WORLDLY CONTEMPT = IT4 0,AS SURE. 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