Anarchic Solidarity

Author : Thomas Gibson,Kenneth Sillander
Publisher : Far Eastern Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : 0938692941

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Anarchic Solidarity by Thomas Gibson,Kenneth Sillander Pdf

"This volume analyzes a group of Southeast Asian societies that have in common a mode of sociality that maximizes personal autonomy, political egalitarianism, and inclusive forms of social solidarity. Their members make their livings as nomadic hunter-gatherers, shifting cultivators, sea nomads, and peasants embedded in market economies. While political anarchy and radical equality appear in many societies as utopian ideals, these societies provide examples of actually existing, viable forms of "anarchy." This book documents the mechanisms that enable these societies to maintain their life-ways and suggests some moral and political lessons that those who appreciate them might apply to their own societies"--Back cover.

Author : Dan Swain,Petr Urban,Catherine Malabou,Petr Kouba
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781538157961

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Unchaining Solidarity by Dan Swain,Petr Urban,Catherine Malabou,Petr Kouba Pdf

Considering solidarity and mutual aid at the intersection of political philosophy and biology, made more urgent by the COVID-19 crisis, this book is grounded in the work of Catherine Malabou and takes her theories in creative new directions.

Author : Iwona Janicka
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474276207

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Theorizing Contemporary Anarchism by Iwona Janicka Pdf

The turn of the Millennium demonstrated a fully-fledged revival and fusion of various left-wing social movements with differing agendas. Movements for women's, black, indigenous, LGTB and animal liberation as well as ecological, anti-nuclear and anti-war groups unified against the global capital. Considering the diverse emphases of these movements, is there a philosophical framework that could help us understand their nature and their modes of operation in the 21st century? This book provides a set of conceptual tools offering a theoretical model of 'slow' social transformation, a modality of social change that explicitly differs from the irruptive model of a revolution or a paradigm-changing event. Instead, it proposes the two concepts of mimetic contagion and solidarity with singularity which allow us to understand what is currently happening in the activist milieu. By bringing together some of today's most important thinkers, including Butler, Girard, Badiou, and Sloterdijk this book suggests a philosophical lens to look at the alternative living projects that contemporary left-wing activists undertake in practice. At the heart of their projects lie the pressing concerns that these contemporary philosophers currently debate. Breaking from the conceptual apparatus of the Marxian tradition, Theorizing Contemporary Anarchism instead takes Hegelian concepts and feeds them through the thought of contemporary theorists in order to form an original, productive, and inclusive scaffold with which to understand today's world of social and political movements.

Author : Albert Meltzer
Publisher : Cienfuegos
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : 0904564088

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The International Revolutionary Solidarity Movement by Albert Meltzer Pdf

A short(ish) study of the origins and development of the revolutionary anarchist movement in Europe 1945-73, with particular reference to the First Of May Group. The First Of May Group, formed in 1966, were the next generation of (largely Spanish) anarchist militatants, who took up arms against Franco, and American imperialism. Includes some historical background, documents, communiques, and a fascinating chronology. Originally published in 1973, this is an authorized facsimile reprint of the original Cienfuegos press edition.

Author : Michael Löwy,Olivier Besancenot
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781629639840

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Revolutionary Affinities by Michael Löwy,Olivier Besancenot Pdf

A sweeping history of revolutionary struggle and unbreakable alliances, Revolutionary Affinities takes readers from the Paris Commune to the Occupy movement, and through the heart of bloody fratricidal struggles to paint a vivid picture of the greatest anarchist and Marxist figures who dared to join forces, from Louise Michel to Subcomandante Marcos, from Emma Goldman to Walter Benjamin. With the urgent need for a unified front against the far right, there has never been a better time for this inspiring story. Authors Olivier Besancenot and Michael Löwy, two of the foremost voices in the French anti-authoritarian radical left, explore the promises—and challenges—of developing a fully sustainable, libertarian Marxist society by examining questions of political organization, economic policy, radical ecology, and more. Strikingly accessible, brilliantly illuminating, Besancenot and Löwy have given readers more than a history book, they’ve created a road map for the future.

Author : Morris Brian Morris
Publisher : Black Rose Books Ltd.
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781551646480

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Visions of Freedom by Morris Brian Morris Pdf

Every ten years, notoriously eclectic thinker Brian Morris takes a year of sabbatical and launches out into another field about which he knows nothing. In the 1980s it was botany; in the 1990s, zoology; in the 2000s, entomology. The quintessential polymath, Morris has written on his incredible breadth of interests in wide-ranging essays, with subjects ranging from boxing to deep ecology to new-age gurus. Collected here for the first time, Visions of Freedom brings together all of Morris's concise yet diverse essays on politics, history, and ecology written since 1989. It includes book reviews, letters, and articles in the engaging and accessible style for which Morris is known. The thinkers he deals with are as diverse as Thomas Paine to C. L. R. James, from Karl Marx to Krishnamurti, from Max Weber to Naomi Klein. He also delves into the canon of classic anarchist thinkers like Kropotkin, Bakunin, Reclus, Proudhon, and Flores Magnon. Taking a stance against the obscurantism of contemporary academic discourse, Morris' writings demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach that moves seamlessly between topics, developing practical connections between scholarly debates and the pressing social, ecological and political issues of our times.

Author : Ruth Kinna,Alex Prichard,Thomas Swann,Seeds for Change
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781629639789

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Anarchic Agreements by Ruth Kinna,Alex Prichard,Thomas Swann,Seeds for Change Pdf

A new world is possible and not just in our hearts. Anarchic Agreements is a quintessential field guide for the revolution, answering the practical questions often left out of works of political theory and philosophy. How do leaderless groups organize? How might they create constitutions, balance power and write protocols? How do group cultures and institutions maintain coalitions? This urgent and inspiring how-to is the product of more than twenty years of research. Designed explicitly for everyday use, it contains lived examples, illustrations throughout, and text from current horizontally organized constitutions. These documents illustrate the never-ending process of developing community and keeping collaborations alive in the fairest ways possible. Written by dedicated anarchist scholars and organizers, and based on the widely popular Anarchic Agreements pamphlet series, this book facilitates grassroots activism and provides methods to improve and streamline decision making. It is an inspiring celebration of the novel, complex and flexible constitutions Anarchists have created over time. This book shows how to realize another world, collectively without domination, while leaving the future open to infinite other possibilities.

Author : Mohammed A. Bamyeh
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742566620

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Anarchy as Order by Mohammed A. Bamyeh Pdf

This original and impressively researched book explores the concept of anarchy—"unimposed order"—as the most humane and stable form of order in a chaotic world. Mohammed A. Bamyeh traces the historical foundations of anarchy and convincingly presents it as an alternative to both tyranny and democracy. He shows how anarchy is the best manifestation of civic order, of a healthy civil society, and of humanity's noblest attributes. A cogent and compelling critique of the modern state, this provocative book clarifies how anarchy may be both a guide for rational social order and a science of humanity.

Author : Max Nettlau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : UOM:39015080469201

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Responsibility and Solidarity in the Labor Struggle by Max Nettlau Pdf

Author : Jennifer Mateer,Simon Springer,Martin Locret-Collet,Maleea Acker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538159170

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Energies Beyond the State by Jennifer Mateer,Simon Springer,Martin Locret-Collet,Maleea Acker Pdf

Resource and environmental management generally entail an attempt by governing authorities to dominate, reroute, and tame the natural flows of water, the growth of forests, manage the populations of non-human bodies, and control nature more generally. Often this is done under the mantle of conservation, economic development, and sustainable management, but still involves a quest to “civilize” and control all aspects of nature for a specific purpose. The results of this form of environmental management and governance are many, but by and large, across the globe, it has meant governments construct a specific idea regarding nature and the environment. These forms of control also extend beyond the natural environment, allowing for particular methods of managing human and non-human populations in order to maintain power and enact sovereignty. This volume contributes to advancing an ‘ecology of freedom,’ which can critique current anthropocentric environmental destruction, as well as focusing on environmental justice and decentralized ecological governance. While concentrating on these areas of anarchist political ecology, three major themes emerged from the chapters: the legacies of colonialism that continue to echo in current resource management and governance practices, the necessity of overcoming human/nature dualisms for environmental justice and sustainability, and finally discussions and critiques of extractivism as a governing and economic mentality.

Author : Carl Levy,Saul Newman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317435501

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The Anarchist Imagination by Carl Levy,Saul Newman Pdf

This is a broad ranging introduction to twenty-first-century anarchism which includes a wide array of theoretical approaches as well as a variety of empirical and geographical perspectives. The book demonstrates how the anarchist imagination has influenced the humanities and social sciences including anthropology, art, feminism, geography, international relations, political science, postcolonialism, and sociology. Drawing on a long historical narrative that encompasses the 'waves' of anarchist movements from the classical anarchists (1840s to 1940s), post-war wave of student, counter-cultural and workers' control anarchism of the 1960s and 1970s to the DIY politics and Temporary Autonomous Zones of the 1990s right up to the Occupy! Movement and beyond, the aim of this volume is to cover the humanities and the social sciences in an era of anarchist revival in academia. Anarchist philosophy and anarchistic methodologies have re-emerged in a range of disciplines from Organization Studies, to Law, to Political Economy to Political Theory and International Relations, and Anthropology to Cultural Studies. Anarchist approaches to freedom, democracy, ethics, violence, authority, punishment, homelessness, and the arbitration of justice have spawned a broad array of academic publications and research projects. But this volume remembers an older story, in other words, the continuous role of the anarchist imagination as muse, provocateur, goading adversary, and catalyst in the stimulation of research and creative activity in the humanities and social sciences from the middle of the nineteenth century to today. This work will be essential reading for scholars and students of anarchism, the humanities, and the social sciences.

Author : Anthony J. Nocella II,Richard J. White,Erika Cudworth
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780786494576

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Anarchism and Animal Liberation by Anthony J. Nocella II,Richard J. White,Erika Cudworth Pdf

Building upon anarchist critiques of racism, sexism, ableism and classism, this collection of new essays melds anarchism with animal advocacy in arguing that speciesism is an ideological and social norm rooted in hierarchy and inequality. Rising from the anarchist-influenced Occupy Movement, this book brings together international scholars and activists who challenge us all to look more critically into the causes of speciesism and to take a broader view of peace, social justice and the nature of oppression. Animal advocates have long argued that speciesism will end if the humanity adopts a vegan ethic. This concept is developed into the argument that the vegan ethic has the most promise if it is also anti-capitalist and against all forms of domination.

Author : James Slotta
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501770029

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Anarchy and the Art of Listening by James Slotta Pdf

Anarchy and the Art of Listening is an ethnography of politics as it is practiced on the other side of the spoken word, in the act of listening. James Slotta explores how people in the Yopno Valley of Papua New Guinea cultivate their listening to exercise power, shape their futures, and sustain their communities in the face of ambitious leaders and powerful outside institutions. As in many parts of the global south, missionaries, NGO workers, educators, mining companies, politicians, development experts, and others have sought to transform life in and around the Yopno Valley. But as this book makes clear, people there have not been a passive and pliable audience for these efforts. They have brought their skills as "anarchic listeners" to these encounters, advancing political agendas of their own. To understand political life in the Yopno Valley, we need to look not only at political speech but at the practices that lie on the other side of the word in the act of listening. This, Slotta suggests, is also true well beyond the bounds of the Yopno Valley.

Author : Jeffrey Shantz
Publisher : Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1642593621

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Organizing Anarchy by Jeffrey Shantz Pdf

A lucid and inspiring examination of 21st century anarchist political practice.

Author : Jakob Feltham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Anarchists
ISBN : OCLC:1430587114

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Solidarity not charity by Jakob Feltham Pdf