Contemporary Anarchist Studies : An Introductory Anthology of Anarchy in the Academy

by Amster, Randall; Deleon, Abraham; Fernandez, Luis; Nocella, Anthony J., II

• ISBN13: 9780203891735
• ISBN10: 0203891732
• Copyright: 2009-02-10
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This book highlights the recent rise in interest in anarchist theory and practice attempting to bridge the gap between anarchist activism on the streets and anarchist studies in the academia. Bringing together some of the most prominent voices in contemporary anarchism in the academy, it includes pieces written on anarchist theory, pedagogy, methodologies, praxis, and the future.

Table of Contents

Theory

Anarchism from Foucault to Rancière

Anarchism, Postmodernity, and Poststructuralism

Two Undecidable Questions for Thinking in Which Anything Goes

The Problem with Infoshops and Insurrection: U.S. Anarchism, Movement Building, and the Racial Order

Addressing Violence against Women: Alternatives to State-based Law and Punishment

The Flow of Experiencing in Anarchic Economies

Methodologies

Against Method, Against Authority . . . For Anarchy

Toward a Relational Ethics of Struggle: Embodiment, Affinity, and Affect

Being There: Thoughts on Anarchism and Participatory Observation

Anarchism, Academia, and the Avant Garde

Dis-Abling Capitalism and an Anarchism of 'Radical Equality' in Resistance to Ideologies of Normalcy

Pedagogy

Anarchic Epimetheanism: The Pedagogy of Ivan Illich

Thoughts on Anarchist Pedagogy and Epistemology

Accessible Artifact for Community Discussion About Anarchy and Education

Anarchist Theory as Radical Critique: Challenging Hierarchies and Domination in the Social and "Hard" Sciences

Infrapolitics and the Nomadic Educational Machine

Anarchism, Education, and the Road to Peace

Praxis

As Beautiful as a Brick through a Bank Window: Anarchism, the Academy, and Resisting Domestication

Rethinking Revolution: Total Liberation, Alliance Politics, and a Prolegomena to Resistance Movements in the 21^st Century

Anarchy: Foundations in Faith

Anarchism, or the Cultural Logic of Networking

Anarchy Girl Style Now: Riot Grrrl Actions and Practices

Free As a Bird: Natural Anarchism in Action

The Future

Dark Tidings: Anarchist Politics in the Age of Collapse

Personal Identities and Collective Visions: Reflections on Identity, Community, and Difference

Anarchism: Past, Present, and Utopia

Anarchism and Utopia

Anarchy, Utopia, and the State of Things to Come

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