Anarchism and Political Modernity

by Jun, Nathan

• ISBN13: 9781441166869
• ISBN10: 1441166866
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-10
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Anarchism and Political Modernity looks at the place of "classical anarchism" in the postmodern political discourse, claiming that anarchism presents a vision of political postmodernity. The book seeks to foster a better understanding of why and how anarchism is growing in the present. To do so, it first looks at its origins and history, offering a different view from the two traditions that characterize modern political theory: socialism and liberalism. Such an examination leads to a better understanding of how anarchism connects with newer political trends and why it is a powerful force in contemporary social and political movements. This new volume in the Contemporary Anarchist Studies series offers a novel philosophical engagement with anarchism and contests a number of positions established in postanarchist theory. Its new approach makes a valuable contribution to an established debate about anarchism and political theory. It offers a new perspective on the emerging area of anarchist studies that will be of interest to students and theorists in political theory and anarchist studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. viii
On politics	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Political naturalism in Aristotle	p. 3
Classical and medieval political thought	p. 7
Machiavelli	p. 9
Social physics	p. 11
From politics to political philosophy	p. 15
A critique of May's taxonomy	p. 20
On political philosophy	p. 25
Normativity: A survey	p. 25
An alternative taxonomy	p. 35
On political modernity	p. 42
Liberalism	p. 47
Representationalism	p. 47
Human nature	p. 53
Normativity	p. 60
Politics	p. 64
Economics	p. 72
Socialism	p. 79
Hegel, historicism, and holism	p. 79
The social conception of human nature	p. 87
Morality versus science	p. 89
The politics and economics of socialism	p. 91
From modernity to anarchism	p. 104
Anarchism	p. 109
History of the bogeyman	p. 109
Defining anarchism	p. 111
The political axiology of anarchism	p. 120
Anarchism and power	p. 134
Anarchism and utopianism	p. 141
Nature, humanity, and science	p. 143
The specter of Nietzsche	p. 151
Conclusion	p. 153
Political postmodernity	p. 155
Defining postmodernity	p. 155
Deconstructive analysis	p. 157
Genealogical analysis	p. 159
Poststructuralist anarchism?	p. 164
Schizoanalysis	p. 167
A critique of May's poststructuralist anarchism	p. 175
Conclusion	p. 181
Notes	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 224
Index	p. 243
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