Anarchist Studies - Softcover

Kinna, Ruth (ed.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190500799X ISBN 13: 9781905007998

Publisher: Lawrence and Wishart, 2009

Synopsis

The articles in this issue cover considerable ground: from contemporary politics to the working of finance capital, the intersection of anarchism and art and the history of anarchist utopianism. The opening pieces are short reflections on recent events on Gaza and Greece. In the three substantive essays, Guido Preparata provides a comprehensive guide to the global economic system and the US Treasury's place within it - a prelude to a companion piece that will appear in Issue 18.1. Peter Wilkin's discussion of Tory anarchism examines an anarchistic satirical tradition in British thought and uses the analysis to reflect on British identity and the role of the empire in its construction. Ginger Frost's essay looks at the idea of free love and the attempt of early twentieth-century anarchists to live the principle in a hostile world. Gustave Courbet's decision to transform Proudhon's wife into a basket suggests that Proudhon would not have been impressed with such radical behaviours - but that's just one recommendation.

About this title

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: 2009
• ISBN 10: 190500799X
• ISBN 13: 9781905007998
• Binding: Paperback