LEADER 03791nam 22006015 450 001 9910746974603321 005 20251009080509.0 010 $a3-031-39462-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-39462-1 035 $a(PPN)279981686 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30765489 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30765489 035 $a(CKB)28443970800041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-39462-1 035 $a(OCoLC)1402101160 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928443970800041 100 $a20230930d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAnarchism and Social Revolution $eAn Anarchist Politics of the Transitionary State /$fby Brian Williams 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xxi, 412 pages) 225 1 $aContributions to Political Science,$x2198-7297 311 08$aPrint version: Williams, Brian Anarchism and Social Revolution Cham : Springer,c2023 9783031394614 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- Introduction -- Part I: Anarchism -- Chapter 1: Anarchism in the Political Realm -- Chapter 2: Anarchism in the Economic Realm -- Chapter 3: Anarchism in the Cultural Realm -- Part II: Social Revolution -- Chapter 4: An Elite Theory of United States Politics -- Chapter 5: The Political Landscape -- Chapter 6: Revolutionary Objectives -- Chapter 7: Revolutionary Strategy -- Conclusion-Works Cited -- Index. 330 $aThis monograph provides an update to anarchist philosophy, advocating for a paradigm shift beyond neoliberalism and liberal democracy. The book?s central thesis has two components. First, it is argued that the maximization of equal liberty requires historical progress beyond the sovereign state system. In contrast to Fukuyama?s (1992) argument that liberal democracy is the end of history, it is argued that liberalism contains two contradictions (socioeconomic inequality and the shortcoming in equal liberty inherent to state power) with the potential to propel history further. This book?s argument ? libertarian social democracy ? provides a framework to guide that final stage of history. Second, while anarchist philosophy offers a vision beyond the sovereign state, it can be rendered more suitable as an alternative paradigm. Specifically, it is argued that anarchism is hampered by its traditional adherence to prefigurative strategy, according to which the state cannot be used as a means to achieve a free and equal society. By contrast, libertarian social democracy incorporates a role for a democratic transitionary state (described here as gradualist anarchism) thus addressing mainstream ?Hobbesian? concerns about bad anarchy (where decentralization yields a net loss in equal liberty). In so doing, the book reveals the full spectrum of anarchist strategy from prefigurative to gradualist. . 410 0$aContributions to Political Science,$x2198-7297 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aComparative government 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 606 $aPolitical Theory 606 $aComparative Politics 606 $aPolitical Philosophy 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aComparative government. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 14$aPolitical Theory. 615 24$aComparative Politics. 615 24$aPolitical Philosophy. 676 $a335.83 700 $aWilliams$b Brian$0355496 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910746974603321 996 $aAnarchism and social revolution$93573353 997 $aUNINA