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Dagwood on Detournement
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On Wielding the Subversive Scalpel
Article
1970
In subversion, we leave behind the interminable argument between the good bureaucrats & the bad ones. By subversion we do not mean, as in its common usage, "overthrowing the government" & replacing it...
Rebel Sell: Why the Culture Can't be Jammed
Heath, Joseph; Potter, Adnrew
Book
2004
Released in the U.S. under the title Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture, the book is a critique of the underlying theory of counterculture Heath and Potter note that the cap...
Situationist International Anthology
Knabb, Ken
Book
1981
A selection of Situationist writings.
The Situationists and the New Forms of Action Against Politics and Art
Vignet, Réne
Article
1967
Our task is to link up the theoretical critique of modern society with the critique of it in acts. By detourning the very propositions of the spectacle, we can directly reveal the implications of pres...
A User's Guide to Détournement
Debord, Guy; Wolman, Gil J
Article
1956
Détournement means deflection, diversion, rerouting, distortion, misuse, misappropriation, hijacking, or otherwise turning something aside from its normal course or purpose.

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Bureau of Public Secrets
Articles from a Situationist perspective.