This volume of collected essays by some of the most prominent academics studying anarchism bridges the gap between anarchist activism on the streets and anarchist theory in the academy.
Cover of Contemporary Anarchist Studies
Focusing on anarchist theory, pedagogy, methodologies, praxis, and the future, this edition will strike a chord for anyone interested in radical social change.
This interdisciplinary work highlights connections between anarchism and other perspectives such as feminism, queer theory, critical race theory, disability studies, post-modernism and post-structuralism, animal liberation, and environmental justice. Featuring original articles, this volume brings together a wide variety of anarchist voices whilst stressing anarchism's tradition of dissent. This book is a must buy for the critical teacher, student, and activist interested in the state of the art of anarchism studies.
SECTION ONE: THEORY
Anarchism from Foucault to Rancière
Todd May
Anarchism, Postmodernity, and Poststructuralism
Gabriel Kuhn
Two Undecidable Questions for Thinking in Which Anything Goes
Alejandro de Acosta
The Problem with Infoshops and Insurrection: U.S. Anarchism, Movement Building, and the Racial Order
Joel Olson
Addressing Violence against Women: Alternatives to State-based Law and Punishment
Emily Gaarder
The Flow of Experiencing in Anarchic Economies
Eric Buck
SECTION TWO: METHODOLOGIES
Against Method, Against Authority . . . For Anarchy
Jeff Ferrell
Toward a Relational Ethics of Struggle: Embodiment, Affinity, and Affect
Paul Routledge
Being There: Thoughts on Anarchism and Participatory Observation
Luis A. Fernandez
Anarchism, Academia, and the Avant Garde
David Graeber
Dis-Abling Capitalism and an Anarchism of "Radical Equality" in Resistance to Ideologies of Normalcy
Liat Ben-Moshe, Dave Hill, Anthony J. Nocella, II, and Bill Templer
SECTION THREE: PEDAGOGY
Anarchic Epimetheanism: The Pedagogy of Ivan Illich
Richard Kahn
Thoughts on Anarchist Pedagogy and Epistemology
William T. Armaline
Accessible Artifact for Community Discussion About Anarchy and Education
Maxwell Schnurer and Laura Hahn
Anarchist Theory as Radical Critique: Challenging Hierarchies and Domination in the Social and "Hard" Sciences
Abraham P. DeLeon and Kurt Love
Infrapolitics and the Nomadic Educational Machine
Stevphen Shukaitis
Anarchism, Education, and the Road to Peace
Colman McCarthy
SECTION FOUR: PRAXIS
As Beautiful as a Brick through a Bank Window: Anarchism, the Academy, and Resisting Domestication
Deric Shannon
Rethinking Revolution: Total Liberation, Alliance Politics, and a Prolegomena to Resistance Movements in the 21st Century
Steven Best
Anarchy: Foundations in Faith
Lisa Kemmerer
Anarchism, or the Cultural Logic of Networking
Jeffrey S. Juris
Anarchy Girl Style Now: Riot Grrrl Actions and Practices
Caroline K. Kaltefleiter
Free As a Bird: Natural Anarchism in Action
pattrice jones
SECTION FIVE: THE FUTURE
Dark Tidings: Anarchist Politics in the Age of Collapse
Uri Gordon
Personal Identities and Collective Visions: Reflections on Identity, Community, and Difference
Martha Ackelsberg
Anarchism: Past, Present, and Utopia
Ruth Kinna and Alex Prichard
Anarchism and Utopia
Peter Seyferth
Anarchy, Utopia, and the State of Things to Come
Randall Amster
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