Thinking as Anarchists : : Selected Writings from Volontá / / ed. by Giovanna Gioli.

Newly translates and annotates 13 papers from the 1984 international anarchist gathering in VeniceIntroduces the meeting and these papers in their political and historical context, allowing new readers to engage with them for the first timeFeatures a wealth of vibrant photographs and visual material...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 43 B/W illustrations 5 colour illustrations
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgements --
Editors’ Note --
Preface --
Part I: To Venice and Back --
1. The Importance of Thinking as Anarchists --
2. The Venice Connection --
Part II: Power against Domination --
3 Towards a Libertarian Political Power --
4 Power, Authority, Domination --
5 The State as Paradigm of Power --
6 Domination and the Economic --
Part III: The Imaginary Turned Upside Down --
7 Beyond the Economic: Preliminary Notes towards a Utopian Conception of Economics --
8 The Utopian Function and the Anarchist Imaginary --
9 The Subversive Imaginary --
10 The Source of the Nile: In Search of the Origins of Male Domination --
Part IV: The Pride in Being Anarchists --
11 Towards an Historical and Ideological Appraisal of Anarchism --
12 Banality and Iniquity: Some Objections to Anarchism --
13 Volontà: Workshop of Anarchist Research --
Author Biographies --
Index
Summary:Newly translates and annotates 13 papers from the 1984 international anarchist gathering in VeniceIntroduces the meeting and these papers in their political and historical context, allowing new readers to engage with them for the first timeFeatures a wealth of vibrant photographs and visual materials, providing a glimpse into the striking richness and creativity of anarchist aesthetics at the timeConsiders the journal Volontà in relation to emergent forms of autonomous Marxism, the ‘new’ anarchism and poststructuralismEssential reading for historians of anarchism and for all those who theorise for a radically better worldIn the symbolic year of 1984, thousands of anarchists from all over the world gathered in Venice to explore the future of their shared ideal. This collection brings together a series of influential papers from that moment, centred around the Italian anarchist journal Volontà and the international circle connected to it. Initially published from the early 1980s to the late 1990s, most of these papers have never appeared in English before. Remarkably far-ranging in their points of reference, these interventions are truly interdisciplinary, seeking to reinvigorate the intellectual heart of the anarchist ideal. Together, they form a treasure trove of anti-authoritarian thinking on issues as diverse as authority, the state, utopia, freedom, patriarchy and how we might envisage an anarchist approach to economics. In our era of ecological catastrophe and resurgent fascism, it is more vital than ever that activists and academics see the importance of thinking as anarchists.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781474483155
9783110993899
9783110994810
9783110992762
9783110992755
9783110780390
DOI:10.1515/9781474483155
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Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Giovanna Gioli.