The operating system : an anarchist theory of the modern state / Eric Laursen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laursen, Eric, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anarchism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chico, California : AK Press, [2021]

Summary:

What do we mean when we talk about "the State"? Multiple polls show a growing disillusionment with the State and representative government as vehicles for progressive change, and particularly as means to tame capitalism, let alone as a basis for seeing beyond it. In a quick and readable format, Eric Laursen proposes thinking about the State in an entirely new way-not simply as government or legal institutions, but as humanity's analog to a computer operating system-opening up a new interpretation of the system of governance that emerged in Europe five-hundred years ago and now drives almost every aspect of human society. He also demonstrates powerfully why humanity's life-and-death challenges-including racism, climate change, and rising economic exploitation-cannot be addressed as long as the State continues to exercise dominion.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781849353885

1849353883