The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and OrganizationThis dictionary provides ammunition for those who disagree with the early twentieth-first century orthodoxy that 'There is no alternative to free market liberalism and managerialism'. Using hundreds of entries and cross-references, it proves that there are many alternatives to the way that we currently organize ourselves. These alternatives could be expressed as fictional utopias, they could be excavated from the past, or they could be described in terms of the contemporary politics of anti-corporate protest, environmentalism, feminism and localism. Part reference work, part source book, and part polemic, this dictionary provides a rich understanding of the ways in which fiction, history and today's politics provide different ways of thinking about how we can and should organize for the coming century. |
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Contents
ABBEY OFTHELEME I | 2 |
ANABAPTISTS | 8 |
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY | 15 |
AUTONOMIA | 21 |
BLACK BLOC | 27 |
BRETHREN OF THE FREE SPIRIT | 34 |
CATHARS | 40 |
DECROISSANCE DEGROWTH | 69 |
NETWORK | 189 |
NEW MODEL ARMY | 195 |
OCEANA | 201 |
PARADISE | 208 |
PIRATE UTOPIA 2 I 2 | 212 |
PORT SUNLIGHT 2 1 8 | 218 |
QUAKERS | 224 |
REPUBLICTHE | 230 |
DIRECT ACTION | 75 |
ECOFEMINISM | 83 |
EREWHON | 89 |
CONTENTS | 91 |
GANDHI | 111 |
GRAMEEN BANK 1 17 | 117 |
HAYDEN DOLORES | 125 |
INDYMEDIA INDEPENDENT MEDIA | 131 |
ISLAND | 137 |
KROPOTKIN PETER | 146 |
MANAGEMENT | 168 |
MARX KARL | 174 |
MILLENARIANISM | 181 |
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The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization Martin Parker,Valerie Fournier,Patrick Reedy No preview available - 2007 |
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activities alternative ANABAPTISTS ANARCHISM anarchist ANTI-CAPITALISM argued attempt AUROVILLE autonomy BAKUNIN BANK became become believed BUREAUCRATIC capitalism capitalist Cathars central CENTRI SOCIALI citizens collective communist COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE contemporary cooperative critical cultural Deep Ecology democracy democratic Despite DIRECT ACTION DISOBBEDIENTI division of labour DYSTOPIA ECOFEMINISM Ecology economic ECOTOPIA ECOVILLAGE environmental established example federal feminism feminist fiction forms FOURIER freedom GARDEN CITIES gender global GRAMEEN BANK groups guild human ICARIA ideas individual industrial influence inspired institutions International KROPOTKIN land Lenin liberal libertarian living Marx Marxist movement mutual nature needs neoliberal organization ownership participation particular Party peasants PERMACULTURE political practice principles production protest PROUDHON radical religious revolution revolutionary sexual social SOCIAL ECOLOGY socialist SOVIET sustainable term TOWER COLLIERY TRADE UNIONS tradition Tute Bianche utopia village WALDEN whilst women workers
References to this book
Die Sozialen Bewegungen in Deutschland seit 1945: Ein Handbuch Roland Roth,Dieter Rucht Limited preview - 2008 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization |
| Authors | Martin Parker, Valerie Fournier, Patrick Reedy |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Zed Books, 2007 |
| ISBN | 184277333X, 9781842773338 |
| Length | 338 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / Political Economy Political Science / Political Ideologies / General Political Science / Reference |
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