The Anarchist Turn

by Blumenfeld, Jacob; Bottici, Chiara; Critchley, Simon

• ISBN13: 9780745333427
• ISBN10: 0745333427
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-03-19
• Publisher: PLUTO PRESS

Summary

The concept of anarchy is often presented as a recipe for pure disorder. The Anarchist Turn brings together innovative and fresh perspectives on anarchism to argue that in fact it represents a form of collective, truly democratic social organisation. *BR**BR*The book shows how in the last decade the negative caricature of anarchy has begun to crack. Globalisation and the social movements it spawned have proved what anarchists have long been advocating: an anarchical order is not just desirable, but also feasible. *BR**BR*The contributors, including leading anarchist and critical theorists such as Simon Critchley, Alberto Toscano and The Invisible Committee, argue that with the failure of both free-markets and state socialism the time has come for an 'anarchist turn' in political philosophy. In doing so they relate the anarchist hypothesis to a range of other disciplines such as politics, anthropology, economics, history and sociology.

Author Biography

Jacob Blumenfeld is a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research, New York. He has taught at various schools in the City University of New York.

Chiara Bottici teaches Philosophy at the New School for Social Research, New York. Her recent publications include A Philosophy of Political Myth (2010) and Men and States (2009). She is editor of The Politics of Imagination (2011) and co-author of Imagining Europe: Myth, Memory, and Identity (2012) and The Myth of the Clash between Civilizations (2010).

Simon Critchley teaches philosophy at the New School for Social Research, New York. He is the author of many books including The Faith of the Faithless (2012), Impossible Objects (2011), The Book of Dead Philosophers (2008) and Infinitely Demanding (2007).

Table of Contents

Introduction, Simon Critchley * I. SUBVERTING BOUNDARIES * 1. Black and Red: The Freedom of Equals, Chiara Bottici * 2. The Politics of Commensality, Banu Bargu * 3. Friendship as Resistance, Todd May * 4. An-archy between Metapolitics and Politics¸ Miguel Abensour * II. PAINT IT PINK: ANARCHISM AND FEMINISM * 5. Subverting Patriarchy, Subverting Politics: Anarchism as a Practice of Caring, by Mitchell Cowen Verter * 6. Of What is Anarcha-feminism the Name?, Cinzia Arruzza * 7. Black, Red, Pink and Green. Breaking Boundaries, Building Bridges, Laura Corradi * III. GEOGRAPHIES OF ANARCHY * 8. The Anarchist Geography of No-Place, Stephen Duncombe * 9. The Fighting Ground, Alberto Toscano * 10. Reiner Schürmann's Faultline Topology, Stephanie Wakefield * IV. THE ANARCHIST MOMENT * 11. The Anarchist Moment, Andrej Grubacic * 12. Palestine, State Politics and the Anarchist Impasse, Judith Butler * 13. Spread Anarchy, Live Communism, The Alleged Authors of The Coming Insurrection * 15. Postface on Occupation and Revolution, Jacob Blumenfeld