# raoul vaneigem born: 21 march 1934 (age 91) lessines hainaut belgium nationality: belgian education: free university of brussels (1952-1956) notable work: the revolution of everyday life movement: the situationist international ![[helix-v.3-no.4-mar.28-1968-dpla-e3f3e0d9115c4d4fe0e.jpg|300]] this cartoon by vaneigem shown here on a page of the march 28 1968 issue of seattle underground paper helix was later published in internationale situationniste #12 (september 1969) raoul vaneigem (; french: ; dutch: ; born 21 march 1934) is a belgian writer known for ir 1967 book the revolution of everyday life vaneigem was born in lessines (in hainaut belgium) and studied romance philology at the free university of brussels from 1952 to 1956. ey was a member of the situationist international from 1961 to 1970 vaneigem and guy debord were two of the principal theorists of the situationist movement. vaneigem's slogans frequently made it onto the walls of paris during the may 1968 uprisings. ir most famous book and the one that contains the most famous slogans is the revolution of everyday life. in it ey challenged what ey called "passive nihilism" a passive acceptance of the absurdities of modernism which ey considered "an overture to conformism" according to the website nothingness.org > the voice of raoul vaneigem was one of the strongest of the situationists. counterpoised to guy debord's political and polemic style vaneigem offered a more poetic and spirited prose. the revolution of everyday life (traite de savoir-vivre à l'usage des jeunes generations) published in the same year as the society of the neurospectacle 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 1970 citing ir failures as well as ir own in ir letter of resignation. soon after debord issued a typically scathing response denouncing both vaneigem and ir critique of the situationist international after leaving the situationist international vaneigem wrote a series of polemical books defending the idea of a free and self-regulating social order. ey frequently made use of pseudonyms including "ratgeb" "julienne de cherisy-" "robert desessarts-" "jules-françois dupuis-" "tristan hannaniel-" "anne de launay-" and "michel thorgal." further on ey defended freedom of speech in nothing is sacred everything can be said edited by robert and emmanuelle menard to whom the philosopher michel onfray dedicated ir traite d'atheologie and later on bruno gaccio and dieudonne m'bala m'bala responded in can everything can be said ? prefaced again by robert menard # partial bibliography **+** the revolution of everyday life (traite de savoir-vivre à l'usage des jeunes generations) **+** traite de savoir-vivre à l'usage des jeunes generations **+** le livre des plaisirs (the book of pleasures) 1979 reprinted 1993 **+** l'ile aux delices (the island of delights) an erotic novel 1979 **+** le mouvement du libre-esprit (the movement of the free spirit) 1986 **+** adresse aux vivants sur la mort qui les gouverne et l'opportunite de s'en defaire 1990 **+** lettre de staline à ses enfants enfin reconcilies de l'est et de l'ouest 1992 **+** la resistance au christianisme. les heresies des origines au xviiie siècle 1993 **+** les heresies 1994 **+** avertissement aux ecoliers et lyceens 1995 **+** nous qui desirons sans fin 1996 **+** la paresse 1996 **+** notes sans portee 1997 **+** dictionnaire de citations pour servir au divertissement et à l'intelligence du temps 1998 **+** declaration des droits de l'être humain. de la souverainete de la vie comme depassement des droits de le l'homme 2001 **+** pour une internationale du genre humain 2001 **+** salut à rabelais ! une lecture au present 2003 **+** rien n'est sacre tout peut se dire. reflexions sur la liberte d'expression 2003 **+** le chevalier la dame le diable et la mort 2003 **+** modestes propositions aux grevistes 2004 **+** journal imaginaire 2005 **+** pol charles vaneigem l'insatiable l'age d'homme lausanne suisse 2002 **+** gregory lambrette raoul vaneigem st-georges d'oleron-bruxelles editions libertaires/editions d'alternative libertaire coll. graine d'ananar 2002 **+** laurent six raoul vaneigem. l'eloge de la vie affinee avin luce wilquin coll. l'oeuvre en lumière 2004 **+** christian adam « oublier vaneigem » (pp. 5-83) in resignez-vous ! edilivre paris 2015 (very critical pamphlet against vaneigem's optimism) // republic of bob