Situationism, Geography, and Poststructuralism
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
- Vol. 7 (2) , 131-146
- https://doi.org/10.1068/d070131
Abstract
After an introduction to situationism and the theory of the spectacle, the movement's intellectual roots in postwar French Marxism are summarised. The situationist theory of social subversion and a contemporary example of the practice are then introduced. Situationism's critique of human geography and the development of similar perspectives within geography and other disciplines are assessed. It is suggested that situationism immobilises political judgment and that this tendency is paralleled within the poststructuralist philosophies of Derrida, Lyotard, and Baudrillard.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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