Living Without Domination - The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia

Informationen zum Autor Samuel Clark is Lecturer in Philosophy in the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and Religion at Lancaster University. See http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ppr/about-us/people/sam-clark for more information on his work. Klappentext This book defends the bold claim that humans can organize themselves to live peacefully and prosperously together in an anarchist utopia. Clark refutes errors about anarchism, utopianism and human sociability and its history. He then develops an analysis of natural human social activity which places anarchy in the real landscape of sociability, along with more familiar possibilities including states and slavery. Zusammenfassung Defends the bold claim that humans can organise themselves to live peacefully and prosperously together in an anarchist utopia. This book refutes errors about what anarchism is, about utopianism, and about human sociability and its history. It analyses natural human social activity which places anarchy in the real landscape of sociability. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface; Introduction; Primitivism; The human landscape; Living with domination; Living without domination; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

Defends the bold claim that humans can organise themselves to live peacefully and prosperously together in an anarchist utopia. This book refutes errors about what anarchism is, about utopianism, and about human sociability and its history. It analyses natural human social activity which places anarchy in the real landscape of sociability.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Clark, Clark Samuel
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2007
• EAN: 9780754654612
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-5461-2
• No. of pages: 150
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy; Ashgate New Critical Thinking; Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state