Anarchist Studies - Softcover

Kinna, Ruth (ed.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907103309 ISBN 13: 9781907103308

Publisher: Lawrence and Wishart, 2011

Synopsis

Debi Withers and the RAG collective reflect on anarcha-feminist working practices, the processes which shape the publication of their magazine, The Rag, and more widely on the obstacles to collective writing, drawing on the experience of the RAG. Sandra Jeppesen probes her relationship to CrimethInc. and examines its influences, sub-cultural influence and development. Her assessment focuses in particular on CrimethInc.'s treatment of gender and sexual orientation, racism and whiteness. Matt Adams discusses Kropotkin's approach to history. Reading the theory of mutual aid through this lens, he challenges readings of Kropotkin's work which emphasise his fatalism, and argues that his concept of evolutionary change was fully compatible with his anarchist politics. The issue ends with a debate between David Goodway and Allan Antliff on Herbert Read.

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About the Author

Paul Chambers is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Glamorgan. He has published on various facets of religion including religion, politics and human rights. He is the author of Religion, Secularization and Social Change in Wales (University of Wales Press, 2005). He is currently engaged on research into recent Polish migration in Wales. Norman LaPorte is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Glamorgan. He works on communism and related topics. His publications include The German Communist Party in Saxony, 1924-1933 (Peter Lang, 2003). He is writing a biography of the German communist leader, Ernst Thalmann. Ralph Darlington is Professor of Employment Relations at Salford University. He has written extensively on trade union organisation and activity in both historical and contemporary contexts, and is the author of The Dynamics of Workplace Unionism (1994); The Political Trajectory of J.T. Murphy (1998); Glorious Summer: Class Struggle in Britain, 1972 (with Dave Lyddon); and Syndicalism and the Transition to Communism: An International Comparative Analysis (2008). He is an executive member of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association and Secretary of the Manchester Industrial Relations Society. Kevin Morgan is Professor of Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Manchester. He has published widely on the left in Britain and in comparative perspective, relating communism to broader social, cultural and political movements in Britain and Europe. Chris Ealham teaches history at the University of Saint Louis (Madrid Campus). He is the author of Anarchism and the City: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Barcelona, 1898-1937 (Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2010) and has published numerous articles on Spanish anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist movements. He is currently preparing a biography of Jose Peirats.

Review

'A fascinating study - pays homage to Cambria rather than Catalonia, and memorably so' Kenneth O Morgan, TLS 'Succeeds brilliantly in restoring the humanity of his true subjects, the volunteers - men formed by their time and place who consciously chose to express their commitment to a cause in the bravest way possible.' Dai Smith, Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Lawrence and Wishart
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1907103309
• ISBN 13: 9781907103308
• Binding: Paperback