What the fuck is post-anarchist?
I was searching for some Post-Anarchist literature...
According to the wikipedia article, Newman has tossed out the concept of revolution and gives Max Stirner a central role as a theoritician of anarchism. Nothing useful, at least in my opinion. Well, useful notions for a professional intellectual who wants to sound radical and insure his place in society. I'm not sure poor ol Max would approve.
It's spelled STIRNER. Post-anarchism seems to be, as pointed out above, a post-structuralist attempt at creating a theoretical/philosophical hybrid of abandonment of class struggle (and revolution) with an abandonment of "grand narratives." Looking at it from outside academia, I have to say that it is both incomprehensible (overloaded as it is with post-structuralist jargon) and unattractive (bringing Stirner to the forefront of anarchist theory is a bit of a stretch, not least because he would clearly have refused the label "anarchist" for himself--and I say that as someone who positively revels in Saint Max's discourse). While leery of grand narratives myself (the product of my university studies which took place in a post-structuralist environment), the idea of class struggle not being relevant to people's lives is wholly unconvincing. Mainly what Newman, May, and the assorted lesser-known post-anarchists are peddling is a self-created academic niche. Stirner would definitely have had a few choice words for those hacks.
GD, the expense of an academic book depends on how many copies the press owners decide to print. The more expensive the book, the more likely it is to be printed in a very small quantity with a guaranteed consumer base: the author's students, who are already accustomed to shelling out tons of money for texts.
DiA, glad you don't care about how names are spelled; proves that you're a dick. I didn't say exactly the same thing you did, but I did say it better.
I actually do care about spelling, particularly of proper names, and would have appreciated a private message pointing out the error. What I don't care about is the opinion of pedantic prigs who think showing off knowledge is more important than respect.
I had included a personal insult in my initial response and thought better of it, but will now repeat it. Twit.
Who the fuck actually cares about spelling?
If it's OBVIOUS what someone meant and the mis-spelling hasn't changed the literal meaning of something then biog fuckin deal. And if it's a name, like Stirner, well sure it's unfortunate but it's hardly likely to confuse anyone, we know what he meant.
Isn't Black Badger the one that thinks capoeira is different from break-dancing?
radicalgraffiti wrote:
Joseph K. wrote:
xConorx wrote:
If it's OBVIOUS what someone meant and the mis-spelling hasn't changed the literal meaning of something then biog fuckin deal.WIN
I read this earlier and didn't even notice
exactly, because it doesn't fucking matter 
on a Canadian bookstore website and I find something very wrong with this: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/search?keywords=Saul%20Newman