Max Weber and Anarchism Löwy, Michael; Varikas, Eleni
Max Weber studies,
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Four aspects of Max Weber's complex relation to Anarchism are discussed. (1) a deep interest for some anarchist people and ideas, (2) his attitude of moral respect, but political rejection, of the ...anarchist Gesinnungsethik, (3) an anti-authoritarian attitude which is related to his personal conflict with patriarchy, (4) his critique of the modern powers of bureaucracy and capitalism which has elective affinities with the anarchist critique.
Anarchism and the Avant-Garde: Radical Arts and Politics in Perspective offers a fresh approach to the encounter of the classical anarchisms (1860s−1940s) and the artistic and literary avant-gardes ...of the same period, probing its dimensions and limits.
About this issue's cover Antliff, Allan
Anarchist studies,
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Lev Nikolai Tolstoi You lion, you child The wrath of your thought flames, loving and forgiving You are the proclamation and the evocation of anarchy resurrected and ethics are your foundation ...Shepherd of feelings and ideas, you are both vision and expression 'It cannot be . . . and it isn't!' (translated by Allan Antlijf and Nina Gurianova) The paradoxical twist in the last line (which alludes to the declarative ending of a short story by Tolstoi - 'Notes of a Madman' - in which the protagonist lives in terror of his own mortality), shows up the corrosive interplay between Tolstoi's ethical authoritarianism and his anarchism, which also figures in his theory of art.
James Scott taught us what's wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and personal book to date, the acclaimed social scientist makes the case for seeing like an anarchist. ...Inspired by the core anarchist faith in the possibilities of voluntary cooperation without hierarchy,Two Cheers for Anarchismis an engaging, high-spirited, and often very funny defense of an anarchist way of seeing--one that provides a unique and powerful perspective on everything from everyday social and political interactions to mass protests and revolutions. Through a wide-ranging series of memorable anecdotes and examples, the book describes an anarchist sensibility that celebrates the local knowledge, common sense, and creativity of ordinary people. The result is a kind of handbook on constructive anarchism that challenges us to radically reconsider the value of hierarchy in public and private life, from schools and workplaces to retirement homes and government itself.
Beginning with what Scott calls "the law of anarchist calisthenics," an argument for law-breaking inspired by an East German pedestrian crossing, each chapter opens with a story that captures an essential anarchist truth. In the course of telling these stories, Scott touches on a wide variety of subjects: public disorder and riots, desertion, poaching, vernacular knowledge, assembly-line production, globalization, the petty bourgeoisie, school testing, playgrounds, and the practice of historical explanation.
Far from a dogmatic manifesto,Two Cheers for Anarchismcelebrates the anarchist confidence in the inventiveness and judgment of people who are free to exercise their creative and moral capacities.
From the 1880s through the 1940s, tens of thousands of first- and second-generation immigrants embraced the anarchist cause after arriving on American shores. Kenyon Zimmer explores why these ...migrants turned to anarchism, and how their adoption of its ideology shaped their identities, experiences, and actions. Zimmer focuses on Italians and Eastern European Jews in San Francisco, New York City, and Paterson, New Jersey. Tracing the movement's changing fortunes from the pre–World War I era through the Spanish Civil War, Zimmer argues that anarchists, opposed to both American and Old World nationalism, severed all attachments to their nations of origin but also resisted assimilation into their host society. Their radical cosmopolitan outlook and identity instead embraced diversity and extended solidarity across national, ethnic, and racial divides. Though ultimately unable to withstand the onslaught of Americanism and other nationalisms, the anarchist movement nonetheless provided a shining example of a transnational collective identity delinked from the nation-state and racial hierarchies.
Hundreds of books and articles have been written on Nietzsche and anarchism, but the overwhelming number of them concern how later anarchists have viewed and have been inspired by, or have been ...critical of, Nietzsche. In the present contribution, I will instead emphasize how his views of anarchism changed, why he was so critical of anarchism and what were his main sources of knowledge of anarchism and the stimuli for his statements.
Hundreds of books and articles have been written on Nietzsche and anarchism, but the overwhelming number of them concern how later anarchists have viewed and have been inspired by, or have been ...critical of, Nietzsche. In the present contribution, I will instead emphasize how his views of anarchism changed, why he was so critical of anarchism and what were his main sources of knowledge of anarchism and the stimuli for his statements.
