The Raven #18: Anthropology Anarchism and Africa

An uncredited black and white illustration of a small mud walled hut with a straw roof

An issue of the anarchist journal The Raven from 1992 with articles on anthropology and Africa. Contents of mixed quality and usefulness. Reproduced for reference.

Author

Introduction - John Pilgrim

Anarchy in Milton Keynes - Colin Ward

Anarchism and the epigenetics of politics - Peter Gibson

Anthropology and anarchism - Harold Barclay

The great days and now - Angus Calder

Comments on The Raven: Communication (Kropotkin, Gibson and Mutual Aid) - Peter Gibson

Publisher's Notes

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Ward's article on Milton…

Ward's article on Milton Keynes reminded me of a conversation I once had about the place with a Town Planner. I said that I found it quite soulless and alienating. He replied that this couldn't possibly be right because he'd seen the plans and they were excellent!

Needless to say, he'd never actually been to Milton Keynes and it appears that Colin Ward hadn't either when he wrote his piece.

(I'm entirely open to the idea that there are nice things about the place and the communities that live there have done their best with what they have though...)