{"product_id":"the-misery-of-love-and-other-essays-from-social-disease-misere-de-l-amour-and-autres-textes-du-fleau-social","title":"“The Misery of Love” \u0026 other essays from Social Disease \/ “Misère de l’amour” \u0026 autres textes du Fléau Social","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 1972 to 1974, the anonymous writers of \u003cem\u003eLe Fléau Social \u003c\/em\u003e– members of group 5 of FHAR (Front Homosexuel d’Action Révolutionnaire) – offered groundbreaking, incisive, and sweeping critiques of social relationships through the lens of Situationism. Arguing that true revolution – the kind of complete and irreversible revolution longed for in the wake of such revolutionary moments as the May 1968 student uprisings and the 1969 Stonewall riots – would change every aspect of society, it was clear that affective relationships – how we love, how we feel pleasure – would necessarily be changed as well, and thus deserved examination as much as the traditional questions of labor or politics. The voices in the essays speak with urgency, and do not compromise in their expression. Beyond the theoretical insights of the text, the emotional truth of history comes through in the spaces of contradiction, and allusions to intercommunity conflicts. These essays were written without constraints for an immediate audience of comrades and peers; with this translation of the collection, that audience now includes us. [publishers’ note]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes: “The Misery of Love” \/ “Misère de l’amour” from \u003cem\u003eFléau Social \u003c\/em\u003e#2, 1972; “The Little Penguins” \/ “Les Pingouines” from \u003cem\u003eFléau Social \u003c\/em\u003e#3, 1973; “Put an End to Sex,” from \u003cem\u003eFléau Social \u003c\/em\u003e#4, 1973; “The Dance Macabre of Sex Around the Icy Blades of Ennui,” from \u003cem\u003eFléau Social \u003c\/em\u003e#5-6, 1974; “Several Propositions: Excerpt from \u003cem\u003eRun, Comrade, The Old World Is Behind You\u003c\/em\u003e” \/ “Quelques propositions: Extraits de \u003cem\u003eCours, camarade, le vieux monde est derrière toi\u003c\/em\u003e,” from \u003cem\u003eFléau Social \u003c\/em\u003e#1, 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated \u0026amp; edited by Mar Stratford. 32 pgs, bound with Chicago screws. Covers printed on French Pink Lemonade card stock, interiors printed on off white French text weight paper. Printed and assembled in ”Kingston, New York,“ \u003cem\u003ethe unceded and occupied lands of the Haudenosaunee, Mohican, Munsee Lenape, and Schaghticoke tribes\u003c\/em\u003e. First printing, edition of 150.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnglish only.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spiral Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57358144536916,"sku":"A8B-35018","price":17.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/miseryfhar.jpg?v=1790814170","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/the-misery-of-love-and-other-essays-from-social-disease-misere-de-l-amour-and-autres-textes-du-fleau-social","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}