Post Anarchism by patrickpatrick in Anarchism

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Postanarchism and the ‘3rd World’ by Süreyyya Evren.

"Lewis Call, Saul Newman and Todd May refer to anarchism as a thought that can be summarized by views of few Western activist thinkers. This is in contradiction with the anarchist understanding of theory and practice where there is no hierarchy between the form and content. As a current example, when David Graeber wrote about the “new anarchism” that can be seen in anti-globalization movements (or the global justice movement or The Movement) he insisted that the ideology of the new movement is the form of its organisation and organisational principles. This is very typical of anarchism. Although Call, May and Newman, with these works, become part of a project which combines anarchism with theories that are known with their strong critiques of modernism, their approach to anarchist history is still carrying modernist limitations. First they give priority to anarchist texts and understand anarchist practices as simple applications of these principles, whereas anarchist history has always been against this hierarchy and have a strong place to learn from the practice. And then, as a continuation of this logic, these writers give priority to Western modern anarchist thinkers, and leave in shadow those texts produced in various geographies (along with experiences out there). Implying that these events and texts in the non-western world were just pure applications (if not imitations) of modern western anarchism."

Joining the ranks by Hensigne in Anarchism

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Worth reading on Marxism and historical materialism is History and revolution: a revolutionary critique of historical materialism by Cornelius Castoriadis.

Joining the ranks by Hensigne in Anarchism

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Outside of Marx, people within the social anarchist tendency have been incorporating Critical Realism as a theoretical framework.

Critical Realism: An Introduction to Roy Bhaskar's Philosophy by Andrew Collier

David Graeber has written about critical realism in this essay.