Reassessing the transnational turn : scales of analysis in anarchist and syndicalist studies / edited by Constance Bantman and Bert Altena.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bantman, Constance, editor.

Altena, Bert, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anarchism--History--Study and teaching.

Anarchism.

Syndicalism--History--Study and teaching.

Syndicalism.

Transnationalism--Political aspects--Study and teaching.

Transnationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : PM Press, 2017.

Summary:

This edited volume reassesses the ongoing transnational turn in anarchist and syndicalist studies. It presents and extends up-to-date research into several dynamic historiographic fields, and especially the history of the anarchist and syndicalist movements and the notions of transnational militancy and informal political networks. Contributors include Davide Turcato, Ruth Kinna, Isabelle Felici, Kenyon Zimmer, Pietro Di Paola, Raymond Craib, Nino KUhnis, and Martin Baxmeyer.

Contents:

Introduction. Introduction: Problematizing Scales of Analysis in Network-Based Social Movements / Constance Bantman and Bert Altena

Anarchist Theories of Nation, State, and Internationalism. Nations Without Borders : Anarchists and National Identity / Davide Turcato

Kropotkin's Theory of the State : A Transnational Approach / Ruth Kinna

A Networking Historian : The Transnational, the National and the Patriotic in and Around Max Nettlau's Geschichte der Anarchie / Bert Altena

Transnational Practices and Identities, Diasporic Cultures. Anarchists as Emigrants / Isabelle Felici

A Golden Gate of Anarchy : Local and Transnational Dimensions of Anarchism in San Francisco, 1880s-1930s / Kenyon Zimmer

"The Game of the Goose" : Italian Anarchism : Transnational, National, or Local Perspective? / Pietro DiPaula

Sedentary Anarchists / Raymond Craib

The Resilience of Localism and Nationalism. More Than an Antonym : A Close(r) Look at the Dichotomy Between the National and Anarchism / Nino Kühnis

The Dangerous Liaisons of Belle-Epoque Anarchists : Internationalism, Transnationalism, Nationalism in the French Anarchist Movement (1880-1914) / Constance Bantman

"Mother Spain, We Love You!" : Nationalism and Racism in Anarchist Literature During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) / Martin Baxmeyer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62963-431-X

1-62963-403-4