Anarchism and Political Modernity

ISBN-13: 9781441166869 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str.

Nathan Jun

Opis

Argues that anarchism should be considered the first "postmodern" philosophical and political movement and offers a revision of "classical anarchism." This title looks at the place of "classical anarchism" in the postmodern political discourse, claiming that anarchism presents a vision of political postmodernity.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: ON POLITICS Introduction Political Naturalism in Aristotle Classical and Medieval Political Thought Machiavelli Social Physics From Politics to Political Philosophy A Critique of May's Taxonomy CHAPTER TWO: ON POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Normativity: A Survey An Alternative Taxonomy On Political Modernity CHAPTER THREE: LIBERALISM Representationalism Human Nature Normativity Politics Economics CHAPTER FOUR: SOCIALISM Hegel, Historicism, and Holism The Social Conception of Human Nature Morality vs. Science The Poltics and Economics of Socialism From Modernity to Anarchism CHAPTER FIVE: ANARCHISM History of the Bogeyman Defining Anarchism The Political Axiology of Anarchism Anarchism and Power Anarchism and Utopianism Nature, Humanity, and Science The Specter of Nietzsche Conclusion CHAPTER SIX: POLITICAL POSTMODERNITY Defining Postmodernity Deconstructive Analysis Genealogical Analysis Poststructuralist Anarchism? Schizoanalysis A Critique of May's Poststructuralist Anarchism Conclusion BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX