What Is Anarchism

Author : Donald Rooum
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781629632636

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What Is Anarchism? by Donald Rooum Pdf

Anarchists believe that the point of society is to widen the choices of individuals. Anarchism is opposed to states, armies, slavery, the wages system, the landlord system, prisons, capitalism, bureaucracy, meritocracy, theocracy, revolutionary governments, patriarchy, matriarchy, monarchy, oligarchy, and every other kind of coercive institution. In other words, anarchism opposes government in all its forms. Enlarged and updated for a modern audience, What Is Anarchism? has the making of a standard reference book. As an introduction to the development of anarchist thought, it will be useful not only to propagandists and proselytizers of anarchism but also to teachers and students of political theory, philosophy, sociology, history, and to all who want to uncover the basic core of anarchism. This useful compendium, compiled and edited by the late Vernon Richards of Freedom Press, with additional selections by Donald Rooum, includes extracts from the work of Errico Malatesta, Peter Kropotkin, Max Stirner, Emma Goldman, Charlotte Wilson, Michael Bakunin, Rudolf Rocker, Alexander Berkman, Colin Ward, Albert Meltzer, and many others. Author and Wildcat cartoonist Donald Rooum gives context to the selections with introductions looking at “What Anarchists Believe,” “How Anarchists Differ,” and “What Anarchists Do” and provides helpful and humorous illustrations throughout the book.

Author : Cindy Milstein
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849350013

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Anarchism and Its Aspirations by Cindy Milstein Pdf

An accessible and thorough overview of anarchist figures and tendencies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Author : Colin Ward
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192804778

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Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction by Colin Ward Pdf

What do anarchists want? Can anarchy ever function effectively as a political force? Is anarchism more 'organized' and 'reasonable' than is currently perceived? Colin Ward explains what anarchism means and who anarchists are in this illuminating and accessible introduction to the subject.

Author : Benjamin Franks,Nathan Jun,Leonard Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317406815

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Anarchism by Benjamin Franks,Nathan Jun,Leonard Williams Pdf

Anarchism is by far the least broadly understood ideology and the least studied academically. Though highly influential, both historically and in terms of recent social movements, anarchism is regularly dismissed. Anarchism: A Conceptual Approach is a welcome addition to this growing field, which is widely debated but poorly understood. Occupying a distinctive position in the study of anarchist ideology, this volume – authored by a handpicked group of established and rising scholars – investigates how anarchists often seek to sharpen their message and struggle to determine what ideas and actions are central to their identity. Moving beyond defining anarchism as simply an ideology or political theory, this book examines the meanings of its key concepts, which have been divided into three categories: Core, Adjacent, and Peripheral concepts. Each chapter focuses on one important concept, shows how anarchists have understood the concept, and highlights its relationships to other concepts. Although anarchism is often thought of as a political topic, the interdisciplinary nature of Anarchism: A Conceptual Approach makes it of interest to students and scholars across the social sciences, liberal arts, and the humanities.

Author : Alexander Berkman
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Law
ISBN : EAN:8596547022800

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Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism by Alexander Berkman Pdf

Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism is a presentation of the tenets of anarchism and anarchist communism, penned by Alexander Berkman. His work explains anarchist philosophy in terms that uninitiated readers can understand. The book's chapters are brief, and many of them begin with questions ( "Is Anarchism Violence?", "Will Communist Anarchism Work?"). Because of its presentation of anarchist philosophy in plain language, Now and After has become one of the best-known introductions to anarchism in book format.

Author : Seán Sheehan
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781861895073

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Anarchism by Seán Sheehan Pdf

Anarchism re-emerged on the world stage at the end of 1999 on the streets of Seattle when the World Trade Organization was brought close to collapse. Anarchist groups shared pavement space with environmentalists, pacifists and a whole host of other groups. The anti-capitalism, anti-globalization movement can be seen as a post-Cold War development, rejecting the terms of the old debate – whether capitalism or Soviet-style Communism. This new oppositional voice is allied to anarchism not just because specific anarchist groups are part of the movement, sharing a common criticism of the status quo, but also in a broader sense arising from the non-hierarchical nature of the movement and its rejection of traditional party politics. Anarchism is as much an attitude as it is a set of formulated doctrines and in this book Sean Sheehan provides an engaging introduction to what anarchism means, describing its history through anecdote and dramatic events, and offering explanations of the issues behind this "movement". He avoids a narrowly political or polemical viewpoint, using examples from all over the world and images from anarchist-inspired ideas and forms. Anarchist thinking and influences emerge in many different aspects of contemporary culture and history, and the author looks at instances in areas of political thought, history of ideas, philosophy, theories of education and ecology, as well as film and literary criticism. Systems of thought such as Buddhism and Taoism, art movements such as Dada and Surrealism, literary treatments of anarchist ideas in the work of Blake, Wilde, Whitman, Kafka and Eugene O’Neill, anarchism in relation to sex and psychology in the work of Reich and Fromm, as well as aspects of Nietzsche’s philosophy as expressions of anarchist individualism – all these and other topics are also tackled. This combination of history, anecdote and cultural analysis is an informative and lively study that is guaranteed to provoke debate.

Author : Emma Goldman
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : 9781465597335

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Anarchism: What It Really Stands For by Emma Goldman Pdf

Author : Todd May
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1994-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271039077

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The Political Philosophy of Poststructuralist Anarchism by Todd May Pdf

The political writings of the French poststructuralists have eluded articulation in the broader framework of general political philosophy primarily because of the pervasive tendency to define politics along a single parameter: the balance between state power and individual rights in liberalism and the focus on economic justice as a goal in Marxism. What poststructuralists like Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, and Jean-François Lyotard offer instead is a political philosophy that can be called tactical: it emphasizes that power emerges from many different sources and operates along many different registers. This approach has roots in traditional anarchist thought, which sees the social and political field as a network of intertwined practices with overlapping political effects. The poststructuralist approach, however, eschews two questionable assumptions of anarchism, that human beings have an (essentially benign) essence and that power is always repressive, never productive. After positioning poststructuralist political thought against the background of Marxism and the traditional anarchism of Bakunin, Kropotkin, and Proudhon, Todd May shows what a tactical political philosophy like anarchism looks like shorn of its humanist commitments—namely, a poststructuralist anarchism. The book concludes with a defense, contra Habermas and Critical Theory, of poststructuralist political thought as having a metaethical structure allowing for positive ethical commitments.

Author : Ruth Kinna
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780141984674

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The Government of No One by Ruth Kinna Pdf

A magisterial study of the history and theory of one of the most controversial political movements Anarchism routinely gets a bad press. It's usually seen as meaning chaos and disorder -- or even nothing at all. And yet, from Occupy Wall Street to Pussy Riot, Noam Chomsky to David Graeber, this philosophical and political movement is as relevant as ever. Contrary to popular perception, different strands of anarchism -- from individualism to collectivism -- do follow certain structures and a shared sense of purpose: a belief in freedom and working towards collective good without the interference of the state. In this masterful, sympathetic account, political theorist Ruth Kinna traces the tumultuous history of anarchism, starting with thinkers and activists such as Peter Kropotkin and Emma Goldman and through key events like the Paris Commune and the Haymarket affair. Skilfully introducing us to the nuanced theories of anarchist groups from Russia to Japan to the United States, The Government of No One reveals what makes a supposedly chaotic movement particularly adaptable and effective over centuries -- and what we can learn from it.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : OCLC:1059470916

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Chomsky on Anarchism by Noam Chomsky Pdf

Author : Nicolas Walter
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781629636580

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About Anarchism by Nicolas Walter Pdf

Today the word “anarchism” inspires both fear and fascination. But few people understand what anarchists believe, what anarchists want, and what anarchists do. This incisive book puts forward the case for anarchism as a pragmatic philosophy. Originally written in 1969 and updated for the twenty-first century, About Anarchism is an uncluttered, precise, and urgently necessary expression of practical anarchism. Crafted in deliberately simple prose and without constant reference to other writers or past events, it can be understood without difficulty and without any prior knowledge of political ideology. As one of the finest short introductions to the basic concepts, theories, and applications of anarchism, About Anarchism has been translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Polish, and Russian. This new edition includes an updated introduction from Natasha Walter and an expanded biographical sketch of the author, Nicolas Walter, who was a respected writer, journalist, and an active protester against the powers of both the church and the state.

Author : Robert Louis Hoffman
Publisher : Lieber-Atherton
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015013976967

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Anarchism by Robert Louis Hoffman Pdf

Author : David Weir
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : UCSC:32106014597527

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Anarchy & Culture by David Weir Pdf

A masterful study of the hidden roots of contemporary culture and should b read by anyone interested in how and why our intellectual landscape has changed quite dramatically since the Victorian era.

Author : Carl Levy,Matthew S. Adams
Publisher : Springer
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319756202

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The Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism by Carl Levy,Matthew S. Adams Pdf

This handbook unites leading scholars from around the world in exploring anarchism as a political ideology, from an examination of its core principles, an analysis of its history, and an assessment of its contribution to the struggles that face humanity today. Grounded in a conceptual and historical approach, each entry charts what is distinctive about the anarchist response to particular intellectual, political, cultural and social phenomena, and considers how these values have changed over time. At its heart is a sustained process of conceptual definition and an extended examination of the core claims of this frequently misunderstood political tradition. It is the definitive scholarly reference work on anarchism as a political ideology, and should be a crucial text for scholars, students, and activists alike.

Author : Robert Paul Wolff
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520353916

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In Defense of Anarchism by Robert Paul Wolff Pdf

In Defense of Anarchism is a 1970 book by the philosopher Robert Paul Wolff, in which the author defends individualist anarchism. He argues that individual autonomy and state authority are mutually exclusive and that, as individual autonomy is inalienable, the moral legitimacy of the state collapses.