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Along with Guy Debord, the voice of Raoul Vaneigem was one of
the strongest of the Situationists. Counterpoised to Debord's
political and polemic style, Vaneigem offered a more poetic and
spirited prose. The Revolution of Everyday Life (Traité de savoir-vivre à l'usage des jeunes générations), published in the same year as The Society of the Spectacle, helped broaden and balance the presentation of the SI's theories
and practices. One of the longest SI members, and frequent editor
of the journal Internationale Situationniste, Vaneigem finally left the SI in November of 1970, citing their
failures as well as his own in his letter of resignation. Soon
after, Debord issued a typically scathing response denouncing
both Vaneigem and his critique of the Situationist International.
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