Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas, Volume 2

Robert Graham

Black Rose Books Ltd., 2005 - History - 525 pages

Continuing where Volume One left off, this anthology of anarchist writings, broad in its geographical and intellectual scope, documents both continuity and change in anarchist ideas since the Spanish revolution and civil war. Topics covered include anti-capitalism and global justice movements, opposition to war, ecology and anarchism, the relevance of syndicalism, libertarian communism, anarcha-feminism, personal and sexual liberation, libertarian education, participatory democracy, direct action and affinity groups, technology and freedom, anthropology and anarchy, art and the utopian imagination, bureaucracy, state and empire, resistance and revolution, post-modernism, and philosophical anarchism.

In addition to English language material from England and North America, the book includes translations from Africa, India, China, Latin America, and Europe, much of which has never appeared before in English. Contributors include Noam Chomsky, Murray Bookchin, Emma Goldman, George Woodcock, Marie Louise Berneri, Herbert Read, Alex Comfort, Martin Buber, Paul Goodman, Carole Pateman, Colin Ward, Paul Feyerabend, Pierre Clastres, Chaia Heller, Ivan Illich, Daniel Guerin, Luce Fabbri and many more.

ROBERT GRAHAM has been writing on the history of anarchist ideas and contemporary anarchist theory for over 20 years.In 2005, he published Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas, Volume One: From Anarchy to Anarchism 300CE to 1939(Black Rose Books)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION: MAKING SENSE OF ANARCHISM by Davide Turcato

CHAPTER 1: ANTI-MILITARISM, WAR & REVOLUTION

1. Herbert Read: The Philosophy of Anarchism (1940)
2. Emma Goldman: The Individual, Society and the State (1940)
3. The Romande Anarchist Federation: Coming to Grips With War (1939)
4. Marie Louise Berneri: Constructive Policy versus Destructive War (1940-43)
5. Jean Sauliere, Voline et. al.: Appeal to All Workers (1943)
6. Italian Anarchist Federation: Act for Yourselves (1945)
7. Bulgarian Anarchist Manifesto (1945)
8. French Anarchist Federation: The Issues of the Day (1945)
9. Korean Anarchist Manifesto (1948)
10. International Anarchist Manifesto (1948)
11. Paul Goodman: Drawing the Line (1945)
12. Alex Comfort: Peace and Disobedience (1946)
13. Dwight Macdonald: The Root Is Man (1946)

CHAPTER 2: THE WILL TO DREAM

14. Ethel Mannin: The Will to Dream (1944)
15. Marie Louis Berneri: Journey Through Utopia (1949)
16. Martin Buber: Paths in Utopia (1949)
17. Paul & Percival Goodman: Communities (1947)
18. Giancarlo de Carlo: Rebuilding Community (1948)

CHAPTER 3: ART AND FREEDOM

19. Herbert Read: The Freedom of the Artist (1943)
20. Alex Comfort: Art and Social Responsibility (1946)
21. Holley Cantine: Art: Play and Its Perversions (1947)
22. Paul-Émile Borduas: Global Refusal (1948)
23. André Breton: The Black Mirror of Anarchism (1952)
24. Julian Beck: Storming the Barricades (1964)
25. Living Theatre Declaration (1970)

CHAPTER 4: RESISTING THE NATION STATE

26. Alex Comfort: Authority and Delinquency (1950)
27. Geoffrey Ostergaard: The Managerial Revolution (1954)
28. Mohamed Saïl: The Kabyle Mind-Set (1951)
29. Maurice Fayolle: From Tunis to Casablanca (1954)
30. André Prudhommeaux: The Libertarians and Politics (1954)
31. Noir et Rouge: Refusing the Nation-State (1957-62)
32. Vinoba Bhave and Jayaprakesh Narayan: From Socialism to Sarvodaya (1957)
33. Vernon Richards: Banning the Bomb (1958-59)
34. Nicolas Walter: Direct Action and the New Pacifism (1962)
35. Paul Goodman: "Getting into Power" (1962)

CHAPTER 5: CREATING A COUNTER-CULTURE

36. Herbert Read: Anarchism and Education (1944-47)
37. Paul Goodman: A Public Dream of Universal Disaster
38. L'Impulso: Resistance or Revolution (1950)
39. David Thoreau Wieck: The Realization of Freedom (1953)
40. David Dellinger: Communalism (1954)
41. A.J. Baker: Anarchism Without Ends (1960)
42: Gary Snyder: Buddhist Anarchism (1961)
43. Nicolas Walter: Anarchism and Religion (1991)
44. C. George Benello: Wasteland Culture (1967)
45. Louis Mercier Vega: Yesterday's Societies and Today's (1970)
46. Joel Spring: Liberating Education (1975)

CHAPTER 6: RESURGENT ANARCHISM

47. Lain Diez: Towards a Systematization of Anarchist Thought (1964)
48. Murray Bookchin: Ecology and Anarchy (1965)
49. Daniel Guérin: Anarchism Reconsidered (1965-66)
50. The Provos: PROVOcation (1966)
51. The Cohn-Bendit Brothers: It Is for Yourself that You Make the Revolution(1968)
52. Jacobo Prince: Fighting for Freedom (1969)
53. Diego Abad de Santillán: Anarchism Without Adjectives (1969)
54. Nicolas Walter: About Anarchism (1969)
55. Noam Chomsky: Notes on Anarchism (1970)
56. Robert Paul Wolff: In Defence of Anarchism (1970)
57. Paul Goodman: Freedom and Autonomy (1972)

CHAPTER 7: FORMS OF FREEDOM

58. Philip Sansom: Syndicalism Restated (1951)
59. Benjamin Péret: The Factory Committee (1952)
60. Comunidad del Sur: The Production of Self-Management (1969)
61. Maurice Joyeaux: Self-Management, Syndicalism and Factory Councils (1973)
62. Murray Bookchin: The Forms of Freedom (1968)
63. Colin Ward: Anarchy as a Theory of Organization (1966-1973)

CHAPTER 8: SOCIETY AGAINST STATE

64. Pierre Clasters: Society Against the State (1974)
65. Michael Taylor: Anarchy, the State and Cooperation (1976)
66. Louis Mercier Vega: The Modern State (1970)
67. Nico Berti: The New Masters (1976)
68. Noam Chomsky: Intellectuals and the State (1977)

CHAPTER 9: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

69. George Woodcock: The Tyranny of the Clock (1944)
70. Paul Goodman: Science and Technology (1960)
71. Paul Feyerabend: Against Method (1975)
72. Richard Kostelanetx: Technoanarchism (1968)
73. Ivan Illich: Political Inversion (1976)
74: Murray Bookchin: Ecotechnology and Ecocommunities (1976-82)

CHAPTER 10: SEXUAL REVOLUTION

75. Marie Louise Berneri: Wilhelm Reich and the Sexual Revolution (1945)
76. Daniel Guérin: Sexual Liberation
77. Paul Goodman: The Politics of Being Queer (1969)
78. Peggy Kornegger: Anarchism: The Feminist Connection (1975)
79. Carol Ehrlich: Anarchism, Feminism and Situationism (1977)

535 pages, bibliography, index

Contents

• ANTIMILITARISM WAR REVOLUTION: 1
• The Individual Society and the State 1940: 7
• Coming to Grips with War 1939: 12
• Constructive Policy versus Destructive War 194043: 17
• Appeal to all Workers 1943: 26
• Bulgarian Anarchist Manifesto 1945: 29
• The Issues of the Day 1945: 32
• Korean Anarchist Manifesto 1948: 36
• International Anarchist Manifesto 1948: 39
• Drawing the Line 1945: 42
• Peace and Disobedience 1946: 56
• The Root is Man 1946: 60
• THE WILL TO DREAM: 72
• Journey Through Utopia 1949: 82
• Communitas 1947: 90
• Rebuilding Community 1948: 95
• ART AND FREEDOM 19 Herbert Read The Freedom of the Artist 1943: 101
• Art and Social Responsibility 1946: 103
• Art Play and its Perversions 1947: 112
• Global Refusal 1948: 127
• Storming the Barricades 1964: 131
• Living Theatre Declaration 1970: 140
• RESISTING THE NATION STATE 26 Alex Comfort Authority and Delinquency 1950: 142
• The Managerial Revolution 1954: 153
• The Kabyle MindSet 1951: 157
• From Tunis to Casablanca 1954: 160
• The Libertarians and Politics 1954: 163
• Refusing the NationState 195762: 170
• From Socialism to Sarvodaya 1957: 183
• Banning the Bomb 195859: 192
• Direct Action and the New Pacifism 1962: 196
• Getting into Power 1962: 206
• CREATING A COUNTERCULTURE 36 Herbert Read Anarchism and Education 194447: 210
• A Public Dream of Universal Disaster 1950: 215
• Resistance or Revolution 1950: 218
• The Realization of Freedom 1953: 227
• Communalism 1954: 233
• Anarchism without Ends 1960: 237
• Buddhist Anarchism 1961: 240
• Anarchism and Religion 1991: 243
• Wasteland Culture 1967: 247
• Yesterdays Societies and Todays 1970: 256
• Liberating Education 1975: 262
• RESURGENT ANARCHISM 47 Lain Diez Towards a Systemization of Anarchist Thought 1964: 268
• Ecology and Anarchy 1965: 272
• Anarchism Reconsidered 196566: 280
• PROVOcation 1966: 282
• Fighting for Freedom 1969: 299
• Anarchism Without Adjectives 1969: 304
• About Anarchism 1969: 309
• Notes on Anarchism 1970: 317
• In Defence of Anarchism 1970: 326
• Freedom and Autonomy 1972: 329
• FORMS OF FREEDOM 58 Philip Sansom Syndicalism Restated 1951: 332
• The Factory Committee 1952: 336
• The Production of SelfManagement 1969: 339
• SelfManagement Syndicalism and Factory Councils 1973: 351
• Anarchy as a Theory of Organization 19661973: 362
• SOCIETY AGAINST STATE 332 372 64 Pierre Clastres Society Against the State 1974: 372
• Anarchy the State and Cooperation 1976: 385
• The Modern State 1970: 390
• The New Masters 1976: 394
• Intellectuals and the State 1977: 407
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: 414
• SEXUAL REVOLUTION: 475
• Index: 507
• 142: 510
• 210: 512

About the author

Robert Graham has written extensively on the history of anarchist ideas. He is the author of "The Role of Contract in Anarchist Ideology," in the Routledge publication, For Anarchism, edited by David Goodway, and he wrote the introduction to the 1989 Pluto Press edition of Proudhon's General Idea of the Revolution in the 19th Century, originally published in 1851.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas, Volume 2; Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas, Robert Graham
• Editor: Robert Graham
• Publisher: Black Rose Books Ltd., 2005
• ISBN: 1551643103, 9781551643106
• Length: 525 pages
• Subjects: History / Civilization; Philosophy / Political; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Anarchism; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Libertarianism; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Radicalism