"read it. right now. find a copy and read it as soon as possible. every kid should be studying this book in school, every person needs to read this right now. there are online text versions available free if you can't find the print book." -by a customer amazon.com
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"No Amazon review can really do this masterpiece justice. This is simply one of those classics that will sweep you away, leaving you stunned that someone was able to so precisely articulate the mechanical alienation from self and palpable inner decay that you feel daily as you sit in your cubicle (wash, rinse, repeat) and mimic the farcical motions assigned to humans in modern industrial civilization--a hierarchical vaccum in which "survival" is contingent upon our economic value, obedience to Power and our ability to force others to either consume or produce." -by a customer amazon.com
"This is one of the most viscerally exciting political / philosophical books in history. You can't help but be swept up by the force of Vaneigem's appeals... and though one may not assent to all of his positions or specific interpretations, all in all you will have to say that he had managed to tap into something very true." -by a customer amazon.com
"The Revolution of Everydaylife is a diffinitive book that will take you on an adventure through the banalities of everyday life. With eloquence and great articulation, Vaneigem conveys a life that cannot be explored by any other writer." -by a customer amazon.com
"I highly recommend this book to any individual who plans to liberate themselves from a world of sheer repression and boredom. read it, ponder it... and get out and live. you have nothing to lose but your boredom." -by a customer amazon.com
"the revolution of everyday life" is absolutely beyond words, and for that very reason absolutely immune to all assimilation. it captures the main problem with life that we are all (perhaps even the most stupid of us) aware of but cannot quite put our finger on: a lingering emptiness, a 'nothing' where a 'something' should be. this is the magic of vaneigem's prose...it is the NOW sitting in front of our eyes at every moment of every day embodied in a book. everyone in the world should read this book." -by a customer amazon.com
"He's far more realistic than other thinkers, and has a firm grasp on how our everyday lives reflect and affect our social surroundings. Roughly speaking, his hope lies in the subjectivity and uniqueness of every individual, living everyday life spontaneously and artistically, with the end in mind that we can all eventually liberate our individual selves and each other from social constraints and social objectification/commoditization.It's a revolution of love, not of violence -- of protest for the innocence and beauty of the human spirit.A must-read for any student of personal, emotional REAL LIFE ITSELF, this book has deeply strengthened my faith in philosophy and in the possibility for making society work in a healthier, saner and happier way." -by a customer amazon.com
"If they had the nerve to write graffiti it would read 'If you can't beat them join them'. My favorite quote from the book: 'Some of us have fallen in love with the pleasure of loving without reserve - passionately enough to offer our love the magnificent bed of a revolution.'" -by a customer amazon.com
"From a philosophy student, possibly the best book ever." -by a customer amazon.com
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