{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Context XXI","provider_url":"http:\/\/contextxxi.org","title":"Preliminary Problems in Constructing a Situation\n","author_name":"Ken Knabb (translation) \u25aa \nSituationistische Internationale","width":"1200","height":"800","url":"https:\/\/licra.contextxxi.org\/preliminary-problems-in.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/licra.contextxxi.org\/preliminary-problems-in.html'\u003EPreliminary Problems in Constructing a Situation\n\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003EThe construction of situations begins beyond the ruins of the modern spectacle. It is easy to see how much the very principle of the spectacle \u2014 nonintervention \u2014 is linked to the alienation of the old world. Conversely, the most pertinent revolutionary experiments in culture have sought to break the spectators\u2019 psychological identification with the hero so as to draw them into activity. ... The situation is thus designed to be lived by its constructors. The role played by a passive \u003Ca href=\"..\/preliminary-problems-in.html\" class=' pts_suite'\u003E(...)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}