Prometheus against Leviathan : theories about the state from liberalism to anarchism / Costas Despiniadis ; translated by Rodanthe Scourtelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Despoiniadēs, Kōstas, 1978- author.

Contributor:

Scourtelli, Rodanthe, translator.

Standardized Title:

Promētheas enantion Lebiathan. English

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

State, The.

Anarchism.

anarchism.

Physical Description:

223 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Montréal, QC ; New York ; London : Black Rose Books, [2023]

Language Note:

Translated from Greek.

Summary:

"The emergence of the modern nation-state created institutions of political and economic power unrivalled in human history. This volume argues that, nonetheless, the existence of the state is not an inevitable "end of history," provided an informed citizenry remembers that all institutions are fleeting and can change in the face of popular resistance. After all, Costas Despiniadis argues, the state is the exception in human history, a deviation from millennia of stateless societies. Perhaps the most thorough contemporary review of theories of the state and its formation, this book considers the work of Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke, Hegel, and Marx before turning to examine anarchist readings of the state by Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Striner, Landauer, and Nietzsche, finding that anarchist criticisms of the state are borne out by history, and that their theories more closely resemble the anthropological records of communities that were clearly more egalitarian and less violent."-- From publisher's website.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Despoiniadēs, Kōstas, 1978- Prometheus against the leviathan.

ISBN:

1551647850

9781551647852

9781551647838

1551647834

OCLC:

1348287169