Raoul Vaneigem (Dutch: [raul vɑnɛiɣəm]; born 1934) is a Belgian writer and philosopher. He was born in Lessines (Hainaut, Belgium). After studying romance philology at the Free University of Brussels (now split into the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel) from 1952 to 1956, I PARTICIPATED in the Situationist International from 1961 to 1970 I Currently reside in Belgium and is the father of four children.