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Anarchy Alive!
2007 book by Uri Gordon
2007 book by Uri Gordon
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Anarchy Alive! |
| image | Anarchy Alive! cover.png |
| caption | First edition cover |
| author | Uri Gordon |
| country | United Kingdom |
| subject | Anarchism |
| genre | Political philosophy, sociology |
| publisher | Pluto Press |
| pub_date | November 2007 |
| pages | 183 |
| isbn | 0-7453-2683-8 |
| dewey | 320.5/7 22 |
| congress | HX833 .G626 2008 |
| oclc | 154769337 |
Anarchy Alive!: Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory is a book by Uri Gordon that investigates anarchist theory and practice. An expanded reworking of the author's PhD thesis at the University of Oxford, the book was released by Pluto Press, a London-based radical publisher, in November 2007.
Contents
Anarchy Alive! was not designed to further debates about the finer points of anarchist theory within academia, nor as a history of ideas, but rather to serve as a tool for activists trying to engage with theory—leading anarchist scholar Alex Prichard to characterise it as "a user’s manual for anarchist activism".
Reception
Anarchy Alive! was favourably reviewed in journals including Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed, New International and Anarchist Studies. Reviewing the book in Anarchist Studies, Alex Prichard predicted that "not only will Anarchy Alive! become required reading in the anarchist movement, but it will have a sizeable impact on the academy … this will be a defining text in anarchist circles for the next few years at the very least". The CrimethInc. collective recommended the work for its analysis of power and authority in an anarchist context. Freedom reviewer Tom Jennings dissented, calling into question the theoretical coherence of the book. Another critical view came from the Socialist Standard, which although conceding that the book was "well-written and can be read on a know-your-opponent basis", denounced the book for its anarchist critique of representative democracy.
Citations
References
References
- Jarach, Lawrence. "An Academic Shines". [[Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed]].
- Gordon. 2007
- It is divided into six chapters, addressing anarchism as a [[political culture]], anarchism as an [[ideology]], anarchist forms of organisation and [[power (sociology). Gordon. 2007
- Prichard, Alex. "Reviews". [[Anarchist Studies]].
- Poole, Steven. (March 22, 2008). "Rock, race and riots". [[The Guardian]].
- Wurman, Joanna. "El Anarquismo Judío de Hoy en Día". La Palabra Israelita.
- Pantziarka, Pan. (February 19, 2008). "Anarchy Alive!". London Book Review.
- Morse, Chuck. (August 23, 2007). "The Past, the Future, and Around the World: Four New Books about Anarchism".
- b. traven. (September 3, 2009). "New Sticker: Power vs. Authority". CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective.
- Jennings, Tom. (February 13, 2009). "Reviews: Anarchy Alive!". [[Freedom Press]].
- ALB. "Anarchists against democracy". [[Socialist Standard]].
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