Anarchism a conceptual approach

Cover
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Half Title
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Table of Contents
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List of tables......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 13
Introduction......Page 14
Two Modes of Decontestation......Page 17
A Morphology of Anarchism......Page 20
Conclusions......Page 22
References......Page 23
PART 1:
Core Concepts......Page 26
1. Anti-Hierarchy......Page 28
Authority......Page 30
The State......Page 32
Capital......Page 34
Domination and Power......Page 36
Organizing......Page 37
References......Page 39
Introduction......Page 41
Origins......Page 42
Prevalence......Page 43
Clarifying Prefiguration......Page 44
Unified Practice-based Prefiguration......Page 46
Further Criticisms of Prefigurative (Anti-)Politics......Page 48
Notes......Page 53
References......Page 54
3. Freedom......Page 57
The Concept of Freedom......Page 60
Freedom as an Anarchist Concept......Page 62
Conclusion......Page 69
References......Page 70
Political Agency......Page 73
Anarchism, Agency, and the Encounter with Marx(ism)......Page 74
Beyond Marxism and Anarchism......Page 79
Concluding Remarks......Page 83
Notes......Page 84
References......Page 85
Introduction......Page 87
Conceptualising Direct Action......Page 88
An Examination of What Is Human......Page 90
Worker’s Councils, Unions, and Revolutionary Action Models......Page 92
Green Anarchy or the Science of the Whole......Page 93
Poetry as a Space of Direct Action......Page 94
Notes......Page 95
References......Page 96
6. Revolution......Page 99
Revolution vs. Reform......Page 101
Social vs. Political Revolution......Page 103
Recontesting Revolution......Page 107
References......Page 109
PART 2:
Adjacent Concepts......Page 112
7. Horizontalism......Page 114
Horizontalism......Page 116
Anarchism and Horizontalism......Page 119
Conclusion......Page 124
References......Page 125
Introduction......Page 128
The Ideological and Social Context: Locke and Rousseau......Page 129
Associationism: Fraternity Does Not Stop at the Workplace Door......Page 130
Anarchist Organisation: Laying the Foundations......Page 131
Anarchist Organisation: Principles and Practice......Page 134
Conclusion......Page 139
References......Page 140
9. Micropolitics......Page 142
Practices and Theories of Micropolitical Power......Page 143
Micropolitical Practice as Anarchist Praxis......Page 146
Representation and the Micro/Macro Relationship......Page 148
Micropolitics or Lifestylism?......Page 150
Notes......Page 152
References......Page 153
10. Economy......Page 155
Defining and Critiquing Capitalism......Page 156
Post-Capitalism......Page 159
Mutualism......Page 161
Collectivism......Page 162
Communist Anarchism......Page 163
Bread......Page 165
References......Page 166
PART 3:
Peripheral Concepts......Page 168
11. Intersectionality......Page 170
Universal Freedom in Classical Anarchism......Page 171
Beyond Universals: Post-Anarchism......Page 173
Black Feminism and Intersectionality in Contemporary Anarchism......Page 175
Queer Theory, Anti-Colonialism, and Contemporary Anarchism......Page 178
Conclusion: Towards a More Inclusive, Interlocking Anarchist Vision of Freedom......Page 182
Notes......Page 183
References......Page 184
12. Reform......Page 188
Identities......Page 189
Practices......Page 192
Marriage Equality......Page 194
Incarceration......Page 195
Militant Reformism?......Page 196
References......Page 197
Introduction......Page 201
Context for the Critical Investigation of the Concept of “Work”......Page 202
Anarchist Critique of Work......Page 204
Anarchist Vision of Work......Page 207
The Future of Work......Page 208
Notes......Page 210
References......Page 212
14. DIY......Page 216
An Episodic History of DIY Anarchist Cultural Forms......Page 217
Key Characteristics of DIY Anarchism......Page 220
Conclusion......Page 229
References......Page 230
15. Ecocentrism......Page 232
Eco-Anarchism: A Brief Introduction......Page 233
Introduction to Green Anarchism......Page 236
Complicating Anarchism: Questions about Technology, Industrialism, and Sustainability Moving Forward......Page 241
Concluding Remarks......Page 243
References......Page 244
Index......Page 247