Murray Bookchin Reader - Softcover

Biehl, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551641186 ISBN 13: 9781551641188

Publisher: Black Rose Books, 1999

Synopsis

This collection offers an overview of the thought of Murray Bookchin, today's foremost social theorist and political philosopher of the libertarian left. Best known for introducing ecology as a concept relevant to radical political thought in the early 1960s, Bookchin was the first to propose, in the body of ideas that he has called "social ecology", that a liberatory society would also have to be an ecological one. His writings span five decades and a wide range of subject matter. Bookchin's writings on revolutionary philosophy, politics and history are less known than the specific controversies that have surrounded him, but deserve possibly greater attention. Despite his critical engagement with both Marxism and anarchism, his political philosophy, known as libertarian municipalism, draws on the best of both for the emancipatory tools to build a democratic libertarian alternative. Consistent throughout his work is a search for ways in which to replace today's capitalist society with a more rational and humane alternative.

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About the Author

Janet Biehl is a writer, editor, and translator.

Edition details

• Publisher: Black Rose Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1551641186
• ISBN 13: 9781551641188
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 244