Primer 25 — PSYCHOTIC GEOGRAPHY: Anarchy · Democracy + CLASS WAR
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He who washes his hands will be free of sorrow
Architecture is the simplest means of articulating time and space, of modulating reality, of engendering dreams”. — Ivan Chtcheglov, Formulary for a New Urbanism
[C]ities have a psychogeographical relief, with constant currents, fixed points and vortexes which strongly discourage entry into or exit from certain zones”. — Ken Knabb, ed., Situationist International Anthology; Bureau of Public Secrets.
Psychogeography: the study of the specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behaviour on individuals.
Psychogeographical: relating to psychogeography. That which manifests the geographical environment’s direct emotional effects. — Tom Vague, The Boy Scout’s Guide to the Situationist International
Anarchists are peaceable, law abiding people. What do anarchists mean when they speak of anarchy? Webster gives the term two definitions chaos and the state of being without political rule. We cling to the latter definition. Our enemies hold that we believe only in the former. — Lucy Parsons, I am an Anarchist
