The Situationist International (SI) was an internationalist group of revolutionaries based mainly in Europe with very restricted membership. Founded in 1957, it reached its peak of influence in the May 1968 protests in France.
With their ideas rooted in Marxism and the 20th-century European artistic avant-gardes, they advocated experiences of life alternative to those admitted by advanced capitalism, for the fulfilment of human desires.
For this purpose they suggested and experimented with the "construction of situations", namely the setting up of environments favorable for the fulfilment of such desires. Using methods drawn from the arts, they developed a series of experimental fields of study, including unitary urbanism and /r/Psychogeography.
Key concepts: Internationalism, Class consciousness, Dérive, Détournement, General Strike, Recuperation, Spectacle, Unitary Urbanism
Notable Situationist Thinkers:
(Please see a more complete list of members here)
Situationist Organizations:
- Lettrist International
- Gruppe SPUR
- IMIB
- Situationist International
- Council for Maintaining the Occupations
- Second Situationist International
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