Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction

Description

If you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer

that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this

true? What exactly is anarchism? This Very Short Introduction provides a

new point of departure for our understanding of anarchism. Prichard

describes anarchism as a lived set of practices, with a rich historical

legacy, and shows how anarchists have inspired and criticised some of our

most cherished values and concepts, from the ideals of freedom,

participatory education, federalism, to important topics like climate

change, and wider popular culture in science fiction. By locating the

emergence and globalization of anarchist ideas in a history of colonialism

and imperialism, the book links anarchism into struggles for freedom across

the world and demonstrates that anarchism has much to offer anyone trying

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