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Political theory and history: The case of anarchism
journal contribution
posted on 2016-07-26, 09:52 authored by Matthew AdamsMatthew Adams, Nathan J. JunThis essay critically examines one of the dominant tendencies in recent theoretical discussions of anarchism, postanarchism, and argues that this tradition fails to engage sufficiently with anarchism’s history. Through an examination of late 19th-century anarchist political thought—as represented by one of its foremost exponents, Peter Kropotkin—we demonstrate the extent to which postanarchism has tended to oversimplify and misrepresent the historical tradition of anarchism. The article concludes by arguing that all political-theoretical discussions of anarchism going forward should begin with a fresh appraisal of the actual content of anarchist political thought, based on a rigorous analysis of its political, social, and cultural history.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Politics and International Studies
Published in
Journal of Political IdeologiesVolume
20Issue
3Pages
244 - 262Citation
ADAMS, M.S. and JUN, N.J., 2015. Political theory and history: The case of anarchism. Journal of Political Ideologies, 20(3), pp. 244-262.Publisher
© Taylor & FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2015-01-01Publication date
2015Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Political Ideologies on 25th November 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13569317.2015.1075263.ISSN
1469-9613Publisher version
Language
- en