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Situationist Bibliography DEBORD, guy Comments on the society of the spectacle (verso, paper, 94pp) $14.95 Guy Debord's 1988 self-critique of his classic work, bringing it with surprising force into the 80s and 90s. panegyric (verson, paper, 79 pp) 13.95 The first volume of debord's autobiography. Society of The Spectacle (black and red, paper, 221 pp) 4.50 First published in france in 1967, this amazing work critiques society and everyday life as "spectacle," stating that we are mediated not only from one another but from our own lives by a social relation of images that serves to dominate and discipline our lives; rather than living our lives, we "watch " as passive spactators. this book, along with vaneigem's Revolution of everyday life and the pamphlet "On the Poverty of Student Life" served to galvanize French students in the late 60s and had a direct impact upon the May 68 uprising. The veritable Split In The International (Chronos, paper, 138 pp) 14.95 The publication that ended the Situationist International in 1972, this book contains the "These on the SI and its Time" by debord and Sanguinetti, by then the only remaining members. KNABB, ken The Bureau of Public Secrets (BoPS, pamphlets, 39pp) 2.00 The first issue of the california-based pro-situ journal from the early 70s. The realization and suppression of religion (BoPS, pamphlet, 15pp) 1.00 A situationist critique of religion, including digs at the ego-maniacs in the SI. The relevance of rexroth (BoPS, paper, 88pp) 5.00 A situationist biographical examination of kenneth rexroth, the important anarchist poet of the twentieth centurey. Situationist inernational anthology (jBoPS, paper, 406 pp) 15.00 A massive collection of articles and excerpts from the full run of the journal INTERNATIONALE SITUATIONNISTE, including pre-SI lettrist material and documents from the May 68 uprising. SANGUINETTI, Gianfranco On terrorism and the state (Chronos, paper, 101 pp) 7.00 According to Sanguinetti, terrorism and the state are two sides of the same spectacle, each complementing and reinforcing the other, with the state making use of terrorism to strengthen its position of domination. SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL on the poverty of student life (dark star/rebel press, pamphlet, 32pp) 1.95 Classic pamphlet of the ;mid-late 60s in france that received direct condemnation by authorities and fanned the flames of discontent among student radicals. VANEIGEM, raoul the book of pleasures (Pending press, paper, 105 pp) 11.95 "All pleasure is creative if it avoids exchange. Loving what pleases me, I have to build a space in life exposed as little as possible to pollution by business, or i will not find the strenght to bring the old world down, and the fungus among us will rot my dreams. while the state is in disarray, strike hard at business and its friends. doing exactly what you feel like is pleasure's greatest weapon, connecting individual acts with collective practice; we all do it. if rejecting survival made the l968 movement, taking hold of life will open the era of universal self-management." the revolution of everyday life (left bank/rebel press, paper, 216 pp) 11.95 the classic complement to debord's society of the spectacle, vaneigem examines the minutia of power as "abstracted mediation and mediated abstraction" that permeates everyday life and the means of seizing control of our lives and truly living. WOLLEN , Peter, et al On the passage of a few people through a rather brief moment in time (MIT Press, paper, 200 pp) 14.95 This book contains essays by guy debord, greil marcus and thoman levin, as well as original texts, photographs, comics, film still and color plates of the situationist work organized in late 1989 and early 1990. an excellent compilation. PLANT, Sadie the most radical gesture: the situationist international in a postmodern age Perennial Books is John Petrovato and Chris Halls, with immense assistance from Max "the Shadow" blechman. the catalog is excellent and well worth sending john a couple bucks for costs. send orders to: Perennial Books, PO BOX B14 Montague, MA 01351 send 1.50 for the first book, and .25 for ea. additional book that you order.