Anarchy and society : reflections on anarchist sociology / by Jeff Shantz, Dana M. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shantz, Jeff.

Contributor:

Williams, Dana M.

Series:

Studies in critical social sciences ; 55.

Studies in critical social sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anarchism.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 209 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2013]

Summary:

Anarchy and Society' explores the many ways in which the discipline of Sociology and the philosophy of anarchism are compatible. The book constructs possible parameters for a future "anarchist sociology", by a sociological exposition of major anarchist thinkers (including Kropotkin, Proudhon, Landauer, Goldman, and Ward), as well as an anarchist interrogation of key sociological concepts (including social norms, inequality, and social movements). Sociology and anarchism share many common interests-although often interpreting each in divergent ways-including community, solidarity, feminism, crime and restorative justice, and social domination. The synthesis proposed by 'Anarchy and Society' is reflexive, critical, and strongly anchored in both traditions.

Contents:

1 Defining an Anarchist Sociology: A Long Anticipated Marriage 1

2 Retitinking Community, Anarchy, and Sociology 22

3 Colin Ward's Sociological Anarchy 40

4 The Personal is Political: Emma Goldman and Feminist Sociology 51

5 Proudhon and Criminology 70

6 An Anarchist View of Stratification, Inequality, and Domination 100

7 Violating Norms, Re-socializing Society 131

8 Problems of Research on Radicals (or Anarchist Movement Epistemology) 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004214965

9004214968

9789004214

9789789004218

OCLC:

853452498