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Fresh Summer Threads
My sense is that anarchy is always related to the enormous quantities of collective force emerging from modern social organization. In otherwise archic, governmentalist societies, it manifests as an often destructive force, threatening governments but not sparing the people. […]
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Collective force: notes on contribution and disposition
Related links: “The Anatomy of the Encounter” (September 7, 2013) “Property, Individuality and Collective Force” (January 28, 2016) “Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism — No. 5” (August 3, 2020) “Letter to « l’en […]
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Notes on “Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism”
These are notes from a Reddit debate on “lifestylism.” They are by no means an exhaustive critique of Bookchin’s most divisive text, but perhaps they give some reasons to believe that more is not necessarily […]
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Note on Mutualism and the Market-Form
Related Links: “Toward a General Theory of Archy“ “Escheat and Anarchy“ “Archy vs. Anarchy“ There is no doubt in my mind that mutualism has as much to offer in the ongoing conversation about establishing meaningfully […]
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Anarchy: Action in the Face of Uncertainty
“A distinct, anarchy-centered anarchism is not just possible, but necessary, if we are to confront the systemic challenges facing us, and that anarchism seems likely, if seriously pursued, to be adequate to the task.” Related […]
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Anarchy, Harmony and the Maelstrom of Desire
“A distinct, anarchy-centered anarchism is not just possible, but necessary, if we are to confront the systemic challenges facing us, and that anarchism seems likely, if seriously pursued, to be adequate to the task.” “The […]
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Anarchy: Lawless and Unprincipled
“A distinct, anarchy-centered anarchism is not just possible, but necessary, if we are to confront the systemic challenges facing us, and that anarchism seems likely, if seriously pursued, to be adequate to the task.” Related […]
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Positive Anarchy and Collective Force
Related links: Our Lost Continent and the Journey Back [main page] “Anarchism: Plain and Neo-Proudhonian“ “Legal Order“ “Archy vs. Anarchy“ “Authority and Authority-effects“ Theories of Anarchist Development Anarchy as a Beacon and as a Focus […]
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Anarchy: Into the Maelstrom
Related links: Our Lost Continent and the Journey Back [main page] “1840: Proudhon’s Barbaric Yawp“ “Anarchism: Plain and neo-Proudhonian” (April 22, 2020) Defining Anarchy: First, we scuttle the ship of state, with all hands, […]