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'A short, but valuable book.' --Niall Griffiths, The Daily Telegraph
'A short guide to psychogeography for beginners.' -- Sukhdev Sandhu, The New Statesman
'Helps explain why psychogeography has become such a buzzword in Britain...an insightful
examination' --Machenalia
'A fascinating read.' --Buzz Magazine
`It would be a fitting tribute to Coverley's unfussy and informative book if it encouraged people in
other cities to try psychogeography.'
--Stuart Kelly, Scotland On Sunday
'A short guide to psychogeography for beginners.' -- Sukhdev Sandhu, The New Statesman
'Helps explain why psychogeography has become such a buzzword in Britain...an insightful
examination' --Machenalia
'A fascinating read.' --Buzz Magazine
`It would be a fitting tribute to Coverley's unfussy and informative book if it encouraged people in
other cities to try psychogeography.'
--Stuart Kelly, Scotland On Sunday
Synopsis
Psychogeography. Increasingly this term is used to illustrate a bewildering array of ideas from key lines and the occult, to urban walking and political radicalism. But where does it come from and what exactly does it mean? This book examines the origins of Psychogeography in the Situationist Movement of the 1950s, exploring the theoretical background and its political applications as well as the work of early practitioners such as Guy Debord and Raoul Vaneigem. Elsewhere, psychogeographic ideas continue to find retrospective validation in much earlier traditions from the visionary writing of William Blake and Thomas De Quincey to the rise of the flaneur on the streets of 19th century Paris and on through the avant-garde experimentation of the Surrealists. These precursors to Psychogeography are discussed here alongside their modern counterparts, for today these ideas hold greater currency than ever through the popularity of writers and filmmakers such as Iain Sinclair and Peter Ackroyd, Stewart Home and Patrick Keiller.From Urban Wandering to Cognitive Mapping, from the Derive to Detournement, "Psychogeography" provides us with new ways of apprehending our surroundings, transforming the familiar streets of our everyday experience into something new and unexpected. This guide conducts the reader through this process, offering both an explanation and definition of the terms involved, an analysis of the key figures and their work as well as practical information on Psychogeographical groups and organisations.
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By nigel7738
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This book out of all others I have looked at for understanding psychogeography - its history, influences, definition, and urban wandering and the people involved.Its an easy read and really motivates you to do your own psychogeography whilst walking - you can take yourself, your dog, friend, child or invisible traveler - who knows!
It has been so beneficial for me in writing my thesis about identity to place - it helps explain in an interesting way what places we live in the world and how they change all the time in a physical sense with the same speed as the latest fashion or tv channels - without us realising... you will see your home town, street appear in a new way.... there are some great artists utilising these concepts all the time and this is the reason I selected this book and so glad I had because Coverley covers this topic really well and I applaud him.
It has been so beneficial for me in writing my thesis about identity to place - it helps explain in an interesting way what places we live in the world and how they change all the time in a physical sense with the same speed as the latest fashion or tv channels - without us realising... you will see your home town, street appear in a new way.... there are some great artists utilising these concepts all the time and this is the reason I selected this book and so glad I had because Coverley covers this topic really well and I applaud him.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
i have sympathy for the positive and the negative reviews of this book, though i must say i zipped through it and liked it a lot. it is a 'pocket essential' introduction to the ideas of psychogeography. it traces psychogeography from bases in london (defoe, machen, blake, de quincey, sinclair, home, keiller) and paris (baudelaire, benjamin, debord). It introduces the ideas and although there is much left out [i personally think frank o'hara is the psychogeographer of new york] and although it is very london-paris-centric it does raise questions and gives interesting facts. Not bad at all, but I'm waiting on a really really great intro to psychogeography. oh and i agree with the reviewer who said merlin requires a better editor and proof reader. i went looking for chtcheglov's name spelled chtchelgov, since that is how it is spelled at one time in the book, and at others it is spelled correctly. i mean: is it not a difficult enough name as it is???
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Bookish
Format:Paperback
Overall, this is a good little book; it explores psychogeography in acessible but still thought-provoking terms. It's not an academic book, which makes it all the more readable, but don't expect anything too detailed dense from it. Use this as an introduction to the concepts/contexts etc. It also has a chapter discussing the rooting of psychogeography in London through de Quincey and Stevenson etc., and with it being what I had thought was more of a Parisian concept, that was particularly interesting!
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Nice intro
Great introduction and history to the
subject and a starting point further reading about this subject for any one new to the subject
subject and a starting point further reading about this subject for any one new to the subject
Published 27 days ago by stuart allen
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Overview
A useful and straightforward overview of a complex but intriguing subject - a useful way of signposting follow up directions.
Published 6 months ago by Anne
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Good introduction to a hard-to-define subject
Good book about a current idea that theorists struggle to pin down. Works through a couple of different historical perspectives from the Flanneur, through the Surrealist take on... Read more
Published 7 months ago by E. Ditchburn
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Excellent
Really well written and stimulating introduction to Psychogeography with loads of pointers as to what to read next. Book arrived very quickly.
Published 16 months ago by Craybut
2.0 out of 5 stars
purely for train-spotters
say no more?... Pedantic drivel. Fascinating subject though.. Now referred to as transdimentional crochet. Please write at least twenty words......
Published 19 months ago by J. M. Pepper
4.0 out of 5 stars
a very useful introduction to a particular area of p-g
Despite Pilgrim's mostly accurate (but rather unkind) review, this is an engaging introduction to psychogeography's London/Paris-centric literary aspects. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2009 by Ed Alexander
4.0 out of 5 stars
As straightforward as the title suggests...
...although it could have been called "Psychogeography - an overview" or "introduction". Coverly succeeds in giving the reader a cogent, lyrical and sober account of the roots and... Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2009 by Craig Burston
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A good starting point
I had heard about psychogeography but couldn't quite work out what people were talking about so this book provided a really good introduction. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2008 by Zinegeek
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great introduction
I enjoyed this book a lot , being a an avid fan of Iain Sinclair's books 'Lights Out For The Territories' and ' The Edge of The Orison . Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2008 by M. D. Pithie
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing and narrow
I bought this on the strength of the other reviews and wish now I hadn't wasted my money. The book is badly produced (you need a better editor, proof reader, and setter, Mr C), is... Read more
Published on 29 May 2008 by G Talboys
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