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1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) One of the most important exponents of Situationist ideas presents an impassioned critique of modern capitalism in this cornerstone of modern radical thought. Originally published in early 1968, it both kindled and colored the May 1968 upheavals in France, which captured the attention of the world. Naming and defining the alienating features of everyday life in consumer societysurvival rather than living in full, the call to sacrifice, the cultivation of false needs, the dictatorship of the commodity, subjection to social roles, and the replacement of God by the economythe book argues that the countervailing impulses that exist within deep alienationcreativity, spontaneity, poetrypresent an authentic alternative to nilhilistic consumerism. This carefully edited new translation marks the first North American publication of this important work and includes a new preface by the author Includes index Print version record The Revolution of Everyday Life -- Introduction -- pt. ONE Power's Perspective -- I. The Insignificant Signified -- The Impossibility of Participation: Power as Sum of Constraints -- II. Humiliation -- III. Isolation -- IV. Suffering

Author

Vaneigem, Raoul, 1934-, Nicholson-Smith, Donald

Publisher

Oakland, CA : Pm

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781306022682

Subjects

Science, True Crime, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.5 / 5 (79 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14