Anarchism : a very short introduction / Alex Prichard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prichard, Alex, author.

Series:

Very short introductions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anarchism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Summary:

This short book provides a new point of departure for our understanding of anarchism. It questions standard understandings of anarchy and anarchism as an ideology of chaos and disorder, and sheds new light on anarchism as a lived set of prefigurative practices, with a rich historical legacy. The book explores anarchist approaches to public health provision, education, work, law and order, and world politics, including topics of war and violence, federalism, and climate change. By locating the emergence of anarchist ideas in a global history of colonialism and imperialism, it links anarchism into struggles for freedom across the world, and argues that anarchism still holds value for thinking about new models of freedom and democracy today.

Contents:

The origins of anarchism

The globalization of anarchism

Anarchism today

Anarchism and the provision of public goods : health and policing

Anarchism and the provision of public goods : work and education

Anarchism and world politics.

ISBN:

0-19-254758-5

0-19-254759-3

0-19-185318-6