Towards anarchy? Huhnen, Mark
Murmurations,
12/2023, Letnik:
6, Številka:
2
Journal Article
Recenzirano
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The theme of this edition on decolonisation inspired me to remember, rethink and reclaim my relationship with a philosophical and political idea and movement: anarchy and anarchism. Despite having ...tried to distance myself from this label in the past due to its negative connotations, I now move towards it and embrace it. Finding connections in my own history, I roughly outline anarchism’s history and some of the diversity of the ideas labelled as anarchist. I will explore how these ideas, particularly the concepts of ontological and political anarchism and the idea of assemblages of power, directly influence my therapy and leadership coaching practice. I believe that some ideas within anarchism align well with systemic theory and can be an inspiring companion in our processes of decolonising our practice.
Before communism, anarchism and syndicalism were central to labour and the Left in the colonial and postcolonial world.Using studies from Africa,Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, this ...groundbreaking volume examines the revolutionary libertarian Left's class politics and anti-colonialism in the first globalization and imperialism(1870/1930).
In Defense of Anarchism is a 1970 book by the philosopher
Robert Paul Wolff, in which the author defends individualist
anarchism. He argues that individual autonomy and state authority
are mutually ...exclusive and that, as individual autonomy is
inalienable, the moral legitimacy of the state collapses.
Unruly equality Cornell, Andrew
2016., 20160113, 2016-01-13
eBook
The first intellectual and social history of American anarchist thought and activism across the twentieth centuryIn this highly accessible history of anarchism in the United States, Andrew Cornell ...reveals an astounding continuity and development across the century. Far from fading away, anarchists dealt with major events such as the rise of Communism, the New Deal, atomic warfare, the black freedom struggle, and a succession of artistic avant-gardes stretching from 1915 to 1975.Unruly Equalitytraces U.S. anarchism as it evolved from the creed of poor immigrants militantly opposed to capitalism early in the twentieth century to one that today sees resurgent appeal among middle-class youth and foregrounds political activism around ecology, feminism, and opposition to cultural alienation.
Where are green anarchist and anti-civilization thoughts in academia? This article offers an encounter between green anarchism and decolonial theory to demonstrate its relevance as an action-oriented ...practice carried out across the world by groups or individuals rejecting domination and subjugation by state, capital, and other forms of power. This article begins with an anecdote to reveal weak points within academic decolonial theory, specifically readings of non-Western civilizations, political ambiguities, and corresponding engagements with the state-corporate nexus. Next, it revisits anti-civilizational anarchism, highlighting theoretical development, conflictive debates, and insights. The article concludes by encouraging anarchist decolonial perspectives that articulate permanent tensions against divisions of labour, hierarchies, statist-colonial organizational forms, and industrial/digital technologies. These mechanisms necessitate careful attention to avoid reproducing coloniality and extractivism under different names.
Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe examines the historical examples of Soviet Communism, Italian Fascism, German Nazism, and Spanish Anarchism, suggesting that, in spite of their ...differences, they had some key features in common, in particular their shared hostility to individualism, representative government, laissez faire capitalism, and the decadence they associated with modern culture. But rather than seeking to return to earlier ways of working these movements and regimes sought to design a new future – an alternative future – that would restore the nation to spiritual and political health. The Fascists, for their part, specifically promoted palingenesis, which is to say the spiritual rebirth of the nation. The book closes with a long epilogue, in which Ramet defends liberal democracy, highlighting its strengths and advantages. In this chapter, the author identifies five key choke points, which would-be authoritarians typically seek to control, subvert, or instrumentalize: electoral rules, the judiciary, the media, hate speech, and surveillance, and looks at the cases of Viktor Orbán's Hungary, Jaros?aw Kaczy?ski's Poland, and Donald Trump's United States.
Neste trabalho, procuro aproximar a teoria dos sistemas sociais das discussões mais recentes para uma sociologia relacional, desencadeadas a partir do manifesto de Mustafa Emirbayer. Busco mostrar ...como a ideia de uma 'sociologia relacional' equivale a conceitos emergidos no seio do intento metateórico de Niklas Luhmann de uma teoria de três dimensões de formação sistêmica, a saber: sistemas sociais, interações e organizações. Darei atenção à interação e à dimensão relacional que lhe são constituintes. Busco evidenciar como o ímpeto antiessencialista da sociologia relacional ali se apresenta bem articulado por meio das ideias de sistema, fluxo, comunicação e copresença. Finalmente, discutirei como a diferenciação interação/sociedade pode contribuir para a superação de dilemas teóricos da sociologia relacional como liberdade e determinação, mudança e permanência.
