New perspectives on anarchism / edited by Nathan J. Jun and Shane Wahl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jun, Nathan J., 1979-

Wahl, Shane, 1980-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anarchism.

Physical Description:

ix, 505 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2010]

Summary:

The study of anarchism as a philosophical, political, and social movement has burgeoned both in the academy and in the global activist community in recent years. Talking advantage of this boom in anarchist schlarship, Nathan I.Jun and Shane Wahl have complied twenty six cutting-edge essays on this timely topic in New Perspectives on Anarchism. The scholars and activists featured in this book hail from across the globe and present anarchism from variety of disciplinary perspectives, including philosophy, political science, religion, sociology and ecollgy. Together, they attest to the vibrancy, intrepidity, and diversity of contemporary anarchist studies both within ad outside the academy. New Perspectives on Anarchism's broad approach to anarchism will make it appealing to scholars and political activists from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds.

Contents:

Introduction / Todd May

Anarchism and philosophy. Anarchy in political philosophy / Francis Dupuis-Déri

Is post-structuralist political theory anarchist? / Todd May

Power and anarchy : in/equality + in/visibility in autonomous politics / Uri Gordon

The anarchism of the other person / Mitchell Verter

The double paradigm of power / Salvo Vaccaro ; translated by Samantha E. Bankston

Anarchism and political science. Vanguards and paternalism / Benjamin Franks

What did the anarchists ever do for us? Anarchy, decentralization, and autonomy at the Seattle anti-WTO protests / Clive Gabay

Anarchist theory and human rights / Scott Turner

Anarchism and religion. Christian anarchism : a revolutionary reading of the Bible / Alexandre J.M.E. Christoyannopoulos

Anarchist confrontations with religion / Harold Barclay

Classical anarchism. Reinventing resistance : constructive activism in Gustav Landauer's social philosophy / James Horrox

Alchemy at Clarens : Kropotkin and Reclus, 1877-1881 / Dana Ward

Proudhon, pragmatist / Irène Pereira ; translated by Vernon Cisney and Nicolae Morar

Anarchism and social science. An anarchist-sociologist research program : fertile areas for theoretical and empirical research / Dana M. Williams

Sabotaging the system! Bringing anarchist theory into social studies education / Abraham P. DeLeon

Whither anarchist geography? / Anthony Ince

An ethnography of nowhere : notes toward a re-envisioning of utopian thinking / Stevphen Shukaitis

Anarchism and ecology. Free from nature or free nature? An anarchist critique of transhumanism / Elizabeth Kolovou and Stavros Karageorgakis

Zerzan, primitivism, and the value of culture / Rodrigo Gomes Guimarães

New remedies or new evils? Anarchism and the scientific revolution / Thomas Martin

The state of nature : the political philosophy of primitivism and the culture of contamination / Mick Smith

Anarchism and culture. What is anarchist cultural studies? Precursors, problems, and prospects / Jesse Cohn

The past, the period drama, and mutual aid / Karen Goaman

Crisis of authority aboard the Battlestar Galactica / Lewis Call

Creating guerilla texts in rhizomatic value-practices on the sliding scale of autonomy : toward an anti-authoritarian cultural logic / Sandra Jeppesen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739132401

0739132407

9780739132418

0739132415

9780739132425

0739132423

OCLC:

319158109