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Ken Knabb


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Ken Knabb (b. 1945) is an American radical writer and translator, particularly known for his translations of Guy Debord and the Situationist International. His works include The Relevance of Rexroth (1990), the Situationist International Anthology (1981), and the collection Public Secrets (1997). More recently, Knabb has written extensively on the Occupy movement. He holds a bachelor's degree from Shimer College in Chicago, where he enrolled via the early entrance program. (from Shimer College Wiki) ...more

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Situationist International ...

4.28 avg rating — 752 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions
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Public Secrets: Collected S...

3.71 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions
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The Joy of Revolution

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions
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Sitüasyonist Enternasyonel

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3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2008
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The Relevance of Rexroth

4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions
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Bureau of Public Secrets: 1

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1976
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Double Reflection: Preface ...

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The Realization and Suppres...

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1977
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Ο πόλεμος και το θέαμα

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The opening in Iran

2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1975
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“When the machine grinds to a halt, the cogs themselves begin wondering about their function.”
Ken Knabb

“Beauty, when it is not a promise of happiness, must be destroyed.”
Ken Knabb, Situationist International Anthology

“The direct transfer of artistic gifts is impossible; artistic adaptation takes place through a series of contradictory phases: Shock — Wonder — Imitation — Rejection — Experimentation — Possession.”
Ken Knabb, Situationist International Anthology

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