Five Situationist Books


Ken Knabb <knabb@bopsecrets.org>
Tue, Oct 1, 4:31 PM 

PM Press has just republished two of my books:

Situationist International Anthology: Revised and Expanded Edition
Edited and translated by Ken Knabb
This is the most comprehensive collection of texts in English by the notorious group that helped inspire the May 1968 revolt in France and the international Occupy movement of 2011. For this new edition I fine-tuned all the translations and updated the bibliography to include comments on dozens of newer books by and about the situationists.




Guy Debord: The Society of the Spectacle
Translated and annotated by Ken Knabb
This pithy analysis of the fundamental structure of our society is arguably the most important radical book of the past hundred years, but it is also very challenging. This is the first edition in any language that includes extensive annotations, making it much more accessible.





PM Press now also distributes my other book:

Public Secrets: Collected Skirmishes of Ken Knabb
Along with a variety of shorter articles and leaflets, this book includes “The Joy of Revolution,” in which I examine the pros and cons of a wide range of radical tactics and then offer some speculations on what life might be like after a situationist-type revolution.





PM Press has published many other books of related interest. I particularly recommend Raoul Vaneigem's The Revolution of Everyday Life and Anselm Jappe's Guy Debord, both translated by my friend Donald Nicholson-Smith.

These five books bring our real options into the open, helping us to better understand and undermine the absurd social system in which we find ourselves. If you aren't already familiar with them, I encourage you to check them out!

P.S. During October you can order any of these books from PM Press for 20% off (coupon code: OCTOBER).

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