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MAIN PAGE: Constructing Anarchisms Suggested readings: [Week 5 Readings (pdf)] Constructing an Anarchism: Synthesis Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: Self-Government and the Citizen-State Legal Order Authority and Authority-Effects But What About the Children? Bakunin, “What is Authority?“ From last week: [Week 4 Readings (pdf)] Constructing an Anarchism: Tradition Gérard Lacaze-Duthiers, “The True Revolutionaries” [audio] Charles-Auguste Bontemps, “Synthesis of an Evolving Anarchism” (1952) [audio] Voline, “On Synthesis” (1924) [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] Constructing Anarchisms: Clarifications and Additional Tools Ways to get lost for a while: Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism Our Lost Continent: Episodes from an Alternate History of the Anarchist […]

MAIN PAGE: Constructing Anarchisms Suggested readings: Extrications: History, Tradition, Theory [audio] Gérard Lacaze-Duthiers, “The True Revolutionaries“ [audio] Charles-Auguste Bontemps, “Synthesis of an Evolving Anarchism” (1952) [audio] Voline, “On Synthesis” (1924) [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] Related readings: Toward a General Theory of Archy [audio] Escheat and Anarchy [audio] Archy vs. Anarchy René Furth, “The Anarchist Question” (1972) [pdf] [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] From last week: Toward a General Theory of Archy [audio] Escheat and Anarchy [audio] Archy vs. Anarchy René Furth, “The Anarchist Question” (1972) [pdf] [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] Ways to get lost for a while: Rambles […]

MAIN PAGE: Constructing Anarchisms Suggested readings: Extrications: History, Tradition, Theory [audio] Gérard Lacaze-Duthiers, “The True Revolutionaries“ Charles-Auguste Bontemps, “Synthesis of an Evolving Anarchism” (1952) Voline, “On Synthesis” (1924) [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] Related readings: Toward a General Theory of Archy [audio] Escheat and Anarchy [audio] Archy vs. Anarchy René Furth, “The Anarchist Question” (1972) [pdf] [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] From last week: Toward a General Theory of Archy [audio] Escheat and Anarchy [audio] Archy vs. Anarchy René Furth, “The Anarchist Question” (1972) [pdf] [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] Ways to get lost for a while: Rambles in the […]

As we turn to my construction-in-progress, I hope to provide two slightly different resources for those of you who intend to attempt your own construction later. I obviously need to provide some fairly straightforward definitions for the concepts I’ll be using, together with some indication of how they fit together to form a useful anarchism. But it is also important to underline the extent to which these specific conceptualizations are choices made within specific contexts—and then to explore the background of those choices with enough care to make others’ choices easier.

MAIN PAGE: Constructing Anarchisms Suggested readings: Anarchy, Understood in All its Senses Anarchy: Historical, Abstract and Resultant [audio] Ricardo Mella, “The Bankruptcy of Beliefs” and “The Rising Anarchism” (1902-03) From last week: Voline, “On Synthesis” (1924) Anarchy: Into the Maelstrom Positive Anarchy and Collective Force Anarchy: Lawless and Unprincipled Anarchy, Harmony and the Maelstrom of Desire Anarchy: Action in the Face of Uncertainty Ways to get lost for a while: Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism Our Lost Continent: Episodes from an Alternate History of the Anarchist Idea Just for fun: Emma Goldman, “A Beautiful Idea (Anarchy and What […]