单词 | situationist |
释义 | situationistadj.n. A. adj. 1. Philosophy and Social Sciences. Of, relating to, or advocating situationism (situationism n. 1). Cf. situationalist adj. at situational adj. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] circumstant1583 circumstanceda1616 circumstantiala1616 circumstantionable1647 circumstantive1866 situational1867 situationist1926 1926 Relig. Educ. Jan. 462 An educator of the situationist school will seek to lead pupils into situations demanding moral choices and will plan to give them immediate aid in making such decisions. 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 328 Women's revolution is necessarily situationist. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 May 580/4 His own view involves contextual considerations without being situationist. The relevant context is that of a particular social system. 2000 M. Nelson in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 213/1 Relativist or ‘situationist’ accounts that hold that any type of action may be permissible in some situation or other. 2. a. Situationist International n. a mid 20th-cent. organization of radical artists and intellectuals, which brought together ideas from avant-garde art and Marxist theory to form a critique of contemporary capitalist culture; abbreviated SI.The organization was active in Europe from 1957 to 1972, and was influential in the civil unrest in France in May 1968. Its founding manifesto, written by G. Debord (1931–94), proposed the construction of ‘situations’ or ‘momentary ambiences of life’ as an alternative to what it saw as the ‘spectacle’ of modern society. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > political associations or societies Marianne1870 Rallié1898 Situationist International1958 Action Directe1980 1958 Archit. Rev. 124 1/2 Snap judgments on the publications of the Situationist International had best be restrained until the documents have been frisked for hidden persuaders. 1975 Observer 13 July (Colour Suppl.) 26/1 The sergeant discovered that the word ‘spectacles’ was a concept, an emblem, almost, of a group subscribing to the views of the so-called Situationist International. 1999 Times 2 Oct. (Mag. section) 37/2 The political philosophy was eclectic, borrowing from the anarcho-syndicalists of the Wobblies.., and from Situationist International ideas about the ‘society of the spectacle’. 2013 R. Adlington Composing Dissent i. 21 The Situationist International (SI)—the collective of artists, writers, and theorists whose articulation of a ‘revolution of everyday life’ was to be widely influential upon the international New Left and radical student movements. b. Usually with capital initial. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the artistic and political ideas of the Situationist International (Situationist International n. at sense A. 2a), or the movement associated with it. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [adjective] > relating to Situationist International situationist1963 1963 Listener 31 Jan. 202/2 What she has to say about the uses of diversity seems to derive as uniquely from this particular urban scene as does the Situationist vision from the psychogeography of Paris. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Apr. 387 The walls and statues of the Sorbonne were plastered with posters of Marx, Lenin, Che and Mao, with situationist slogans and Red Flags. 1996 Tribune 21 June 8/2 An artist opposed to art, he attempts to use the Situationist technique of détournement—the subversive recycling and transformation of previous artworks—to challenge and undermine our received views of literature, class and politics. 2014 Guardian 7 Mar. (G2 section) 8/3 Williamson says he chooses to swear so much on record as a Situationist act of provocation. B. n. 1. Philosophy and Social Sciences. A person who believes in or advocates situationism (situationism n. 1); a proponent or adherent of situation ethics (situation ethics n. at situation n. Compounds). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > revolutionary > adherent of the Situationist International > upholder of situation ethics situationist1947 1947 G. Murphy Personality xxxviii. 875 The situationist says that if we could put a person through life by means of ‘remote control’, providing in advance the situations which he will face, we could predict his conduct without bothering about the building up of habits within him. 1966 J. Fletcher Situation Ethics i. 26 The situationist follows a moral law or violates it according to love's need. 2015 N.Y. Mag. 5 Oct. 126/1 He's actually a ‘situationist’. He believes that many people under some conditions could go against their morals if ordered to do so. 2. Usually with capital initial. A member of the Situationist International (Situationist International n. at sense A. 2a); an adherent of the Situationist movement. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > revolutionary > adherent of the Situationist International situationist1963 1963 Listener 31 Jan. 201/1 The Situationists are best-known as one of the most subversive anti-art groups of the post-war epoch. 1971 R. Gombin in D. E. Apter & J. Joll Anarchism Today 19 For the situationists, the bureaucratic system of industrial society has considerably increased the sum total of the exploitation and repression of man. 2011 Independent 20 Oct. 50/1 Like many on the post-war left, the Situationists saw the commodification of culture as the final brick in capitalism's wall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1926 |
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