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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458899603321

Autore

Ward Colin

Titolo

Anarchism : a very short introduction / / Colin Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004

ISBN

0-19-151701-1

1-4294-5971-9

1-280-75299-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (109 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Collana

Very short introductions ; ; 116

Disciplina

335/.83

Soggetti

Anarchism

Anarchism - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 106) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Definitions and ancestors -- Revolutionary moments -- States, societies, and the collapse of socialism -- Deflating nationalism and fundamentalism -- Containing deviancy and liberating work -- Freedom in education -- The individualist response -- Quiet revolutions -- The federalist agenda -- Green aspirations and anarchist futures.

Sommario/riassunto

Colin Ward explains what anarchism means and who anarchists are in this illuminating and accessible introduction to the subject. He considers anarchism from a variety of perspectives theoretical, historical and international, and by exploring key anarchist thinkers from Kropotkin to Chomsky.