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Indlæser... Social anarchism or lifestyle anarchism : the unbridgeable chasm (1995)af Murray Bookchin
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Bookchin content exemplary, the format hortible Here you can read a thorough critique Bookchin makes of "lifestyle" anarchism which is exemplary in all respects. The quality and formatting of this book is sad at best and clearly was posted for sale with zero quality control. Almost unreadable the formatting is poor, lots of mistakes and true crap too be honest. If I wasn't so interested in Bookchins content I would have returned for a refund. Bookchin's observations and concerns ring true today more than ever, in a era where many young people have fallen in love with the anarchist "lifestyle" but also disturbingly see anarchism as individualistic, anti-organizational, and anti-political. Recognizing the troubling implications of this trend for the future of class struggle, Bookchin advocates embracing direct-democracy and workers' self-management as elements of core anarchist belief. While many have over-emphasized his distant Marxist past, Bookchin never advocates a return to Marxism. Rather, he challenges anarchists to dedicate themselves to social revolution and not simply lifestyle rebellion. An outstanding and principled polemic, recommended for all students of anarchism. Murray Bookchin is definitely more of an anarcho-communist, though part of the battle he fights in this book is fragmented nature of anarchist theory. He tackles head-on the theories he encompasses under the umbrella of "lifestyle anarchism": bohemianism, primitivism, individualism, and some postmodern aesthetics. Concluding that "lifestyle anarchism" has little to do with "social anarchism" (i.e., anarchist theories of mobilizing discontented masses suffering under capitalism), Bookchin then spends only a few pages outlining what exactly "social anarchism" is, what it hopes to achieve, how it hopes to achieve it, and how it could be preferable to "lifestyle anarchism". It's a pretty short read, I read it in a couple of hours. It's good to clear away the dust of anarchist theories that are intensely individualistic and detached from material conditions of many people. Though, before reading this book, I would recommend the essay "Your Politics are Bourgeois as F*ck", available here:http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=3664. It's a polemic against CrimeThinc and their hippie/dropout nonsense. This is essentially a sprawling book review, as Bookchin examines the writing of several authors and critiques their thoughts, though generally only dipping into one of two of their works. Not bad, though, Murray Bookchin is definitely more of an anarcho-communist, though part of the battle he fights in this book is fragmented nature of anarchist theory. He tackles head-on the theories he encompasses under the umbrella of "lifestyle anarchism": bohemianism, primitivism, individualism, and some postmodern aesthetics. Concluding that "lifestyle anarchism" has little to do with "social anarchism" (i.e., anarchist theories of mobilizing discontented masses suffering under capitalism), Bookchin then spends only a few pages outlining what exactly "social anarchism" is, what it hopes to achieve, how it hopes to achieve it, and how it could be preferable to "lifestyle anarchism". It's a pretty short read, I read it in a couple of hours. It's good to clear away the dust of anarchist theories that are intensely individualistic and detached from material conditions of many people. Though, before reading this book, I would recommend the essay "Your Politics are Bourgeois as F*ck", available here:http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=3664. It's a polemic against CrimeThinc and their hippie/dropout nonsense. This is essentially a sprawling book review, as Bookchin examines the writing of several authors and critiques their thoughts, though generally only dipping into one of two of their works. Not bad, though, ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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This book asks--and tries to answer--several basic questions that affect all Leftists today. Will anarchism remain a revolutionary social movement or become a chic boutique lifestyle subculture? Will its primary goals be the complete transformation of a hierarchical, class, and irrational society into a libertarian communist one? Or will it become an ideology focused on personal well-being, spiritual redemption, and self-realization within the existing society? In an era of privatism, kicks, introversion, and post-modernist nihilism, Murray Bookchin forcefully examines the growing nihilistic trends that threaten to undermine the revolutionary tradition of anarchism and co-opt its fragments into a harmless personalistic, yuppie ideology of social accommodation that presents no threat to the existing powers that be. Includes the essay, "The Left That Was." No library descriptions found. |
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Acentuando uno de los aspectos más afilados de su personalidad intelectual, polemiza con las tesis primitivistas, informalistas o antitecnológicas —diferenciando estas últimas de la crítica antidesarrollista— y concluye que resultan inofensivas como herramientas tanto teóricas como prácticas, a la hora de subvertir la sociedad capitalista.
Con el cuestionamiento de figuras de referencia como John Zerzan, David Watson o Hakim Bey, Bookchin denuncia lo que entiende como un anarquismo posmoderno de retraimiento a la experiencia individual, para reivindicar un anarquismo social sustentado en los vínculos colectivos, sociales y organizativos.