Anarchy and society : : reflections on anarchist sociology / / by Jeff Shantz, Dana M. Williams.

• Superior document: Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 55
• Author: Shantz, Jeffrey.
• TeilnehmendeR: Williams, Dana M.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 55.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Anarchy and Society explores the many ways in which the discipline of Sociology and the philosophy of anarchism are compatible. The book constructs possible parameters for a future ‘anarchist sociology’, by a sociological exposition of major anarchist thinkers (including Kropotkin, Proudhon, Landauer, Goldman, and Ward), as well as an anarchist interrogation of key sociological concepts (including social norms, inequality, and social movements). Sociology and anarchism share many common interests—although often interpreting each in divergent ways—including community, solidarity, feminism, crime and restorative justice, and social domination. The synthesis proposed by Anarchy and Society is reflexive, critical, and strongly anchored in both traditions.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams -- Defining an Anarchist Sociology: A Long Anticipated Marriage / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams -- Rethinking Community, Anarchy, and Sociology / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams -- Colin Ward’s Sociological Anarchy / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams -- The Personal is Political: Emma Goldman and Feminist Sociology / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams -- Proudhon and Criminology / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams -- An Anarchist View of Stratification, Inequality, and Domination / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams -- Violating Norms, Re-socializing Society / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams -- Problems of Research on Radicals (or Anarchist Movement Epistemology) / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams -- Postscript: Anarchists in the Academy / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams -- Bibliography / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams -- Index / Jeff Shantz and Dana M. Williams.