Anarchist Turn in Twenty-First Century Leftwing Activism - The Anarchist Turn in Twenty-First Century Leftwing Activism

Leftwing activism of recent decades exhibits an anarchist turn evident in quantitative indicators like mentions of anarchists in news reports and by activists adopting anarchist modes of organization, tactics, and social goals-whether or not they claim that label. The authors of this Element argue that the very crises that generated radical mobilizations since the turn of the millennium have both led activists to reject other strategies for social transformation and to see anarchist practices as appropriate to the challenges of our time. This turn is clearly apparent in the Americas and Europe, and has reverberations on an even broader transnational, perhaps global, scale. This suggests the need for research on social movements to consider anarchists and other marginalized radical traditions more fully, not just as objects of study, but as important sources of theory.

List of contents

1. The anarchist turn in word and deed; 2. Counting anarchism; 3. Anarchist practice beyond 'anarchists'; 4. Explaining the anarchist turn; 5. Conclusion: black is the new red; references.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel P Burridge, Daniel P. Burridge, Daniel P. (University of North Carolina Burridge, Benjamin S Case, Benjamin S. Case, Benjamin S. (Arizona State University) Case, Hillary Lazar, Hillary (University of Pittsburgh) Lazar, John Markoff, John (University of Pittsburgh) Markoff, John (University of Pittsburgh) Lazar Markoff, Markoff John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009495240
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0949524-0
• No. of pages: 90
• Series: Elements in Contentious Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Globalization, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Political structures: democracy, Revolutionary groups & movements, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism, Anarchism, Revolutionary groups and movements