#classical anarchism

[mkzariel]

i still recall the first time i went on a bad date—eighth grade, with a girl who kept insisting i do her homework for her—and rather than a crying fit or a desperate advice post made to r/Relationships or extended meta-analysis with my found family, i pulled out a PDF of Emma Goldman’s Living My Life and flipped to her depiction of her first husband.

read about why here: https://the-dread-literary-review.ghost.io/micro-monday-9-personal-growth-for-anarchist-gremlins-by-mk-zariel/

[rotenotes]

Saul Newman - The Politics of Postanarchism

The Politics of Postanarchism Saul Newman In recent years radical politics has been faced with a number of new challenges, not least of which has been the reemergence of the aggressive, authoritarian state in its new paradigm of security and bio-politics. The ‘war on terror’ serves as the latest guise for the aggressive reassertion of the principle state sovereignty, beyond the traditional limits…

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Simon Choat - Postanarchism from a Marxist Perspective

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[athousandgateaux]

It is clear, in any case, that the so-called classical anarchists reject normativity and to this extent anarchist morality is not describable in either deontojuridical or teleological terms. At the same time, it is also clear that anarchist philosophy – as reflected both in its meta-ethical investigations and its emphasis on prefiguration – is deeply historical in orientation. Like Marxists, anarchists have always appreciated the extent to which theory and practice are historically embedded and conditioned, though they categorically reject any concept of historical determinism. Kropotkin, for example, argues that systems of morality both constitute and are constituted by determinate historical contexts. Kropotkin’s argument, in turn, underwrites the concept of prefiguration, which recognizes that political tactics must be constantly revised in light of changes in historical circumstances. The only categorical limitation on tactics adopted – a limitation that is practical rather than normative – is that they must be consistent with their intended ends. Anarchism’s rejection of both normativity as well as historical materialism, which together constitute an important part of political modernity, is further evidence that it represents something altogether different, something that stands apart form, or outside, political modernity

Nathan Jun, Anarchism and Political Modernity pg. 132-33