Anarchy And Geography: Reclus and Kropotkin in the UK

Description

This book provides a historical account of anarchist geographies in the UK

and the implications for current practice. It looks at the works of

Frenchman Élisée Reclus (1830–1905) and Russian Pyotr Kropotkin (1842–1921)

which were cultivated during their exile in Britain and Ireland. Anarchist

geographies have recently gained considerable interest across scholarly

disciplines. Many aspects of the international anarchist tradition remain

little-known and English-speaking scholarship remains mostly impenetrable

to authors. Inspired by approaches in historiography and mobilities, this

book links print culture and Reclus and Kropotkin’s spheres in Britain and

Ireland. The author draws on primary sources, biographical links and

political circles to establish the early networks of anarchist geographies.

Their social, cultural and geographical context played a decisive role in

the formation and dissemination of anarchist ideas on geographies of social

inequalities, anti-colonialism, anti-racism, feminism, civil liberties,

animal rights and ‘humane’ or humanistic approaches to socialism. This book

will be relevant to anarchist geographers and is recommended supplementary

reading for individuals studying historical geography, history, geopolitics

and anti-colonialism.