Revolution of Everyday Life is with Society of the Spectacle one of the two pillars of Situationism, the movement which attempted to obliterate the distinctions between art and politics, and provided enormous inspiration for the events of May 68 in France. Revolution was published by Galimard in 1967 and immediately taken up by students across France as a guidebook to their unfolding revolution. Unlike many other texts of the period, Revolution holds up well, still shockingly bold in its analyses and proposals, still a delight to read.Its analysis of the ways that power creeps into the crannies of everyday life anticipate much of Foucault's work and his prescription for the revolutionary necessity of using the pleasures of life as revolutionary tools marks him as a proto-Yippie.
This is the authorized translation by Donald Nicholson-Smith previously available in English only in the Rebel Press/Left Bank Books editions of 83 & 9 It includes the author's introduction to the 92 French paperback edition.
