| Beneath the Paving Stones: Situationists and the Beach, May 1968 Contributor(s): Dark Star Collective (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1902593383 ISBN-13: 9781902593388 Publisher: AK Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2008 Annotation: This anthology comprises 3 pamphlets-"The Poverty of Student Life; Totality for Kids"; and "The Decline and Fall of the Spectacular Commodity Economy "plus eyewitness accounts of the Paris May '68 events. Much of the Situationist creed was produced in pamphlet form and these 3 were crucial in creating the Situationist legend. They provide both an introduction to the ideas of the Situs and a provocatively seductive invitation to a life of freedom & revolt which prefigues many of the themes of today's mass protestors. Illustrated throughout with photos of the May '68 events and the graffiti that played such a famous role. The 7"X7" size replicates size of the Parisian cobblestones used by the protestors. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism - History | Europe - France - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 320.53 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 7.9" W x 7.94" (0.77 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This anthology comprises 3 pamphlets--The Poverty of Student Life; Totality for Kids; and The Decline and Fall of the Spectacular Commodity Economy plus eyewitness accounts of the Paris May '68 events. Much of the Situationist creed was produced in pamphlet form and these 3 were crucial in creating the Situationist legend. They provide both an introduction to the ideas of the Situs and a provocatively seductive invitation to a life of freedom & revolt which prefigues many of the themes of today's mass protestors. Illustrated throughout with photos of the May '68 events and the graffiti that played such a famous role. The 7X7 size replicates size of the Parisian cobblestones used by the protestors. |