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Comment on Murray Bookchin: anarchism is “simply not a social theory” (2002) by Robert Graham

Robert Graham — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:54:13 +0000

Sorry, but it’s Bookchin who conflated the two, in the very quote set forth above, when he writes that anarchists are “individualists whose concepts of autonomy originate in a strong commitment to personal liberty,” which is to say that anarchists are extreme liberals (although it wasn’t Bookchin who described anarchism as “liberalism gone mad”). Bookchin then takes a leap, claiming that anarchist/liberal notions of autonomy lead to “a radical celebration of Nietzsche’s all-absorbing will.” In other words, anarchism/liberalism = Nietzschean individualism (Bookchin’s formulation, not mine). Anyone who has read Bakunin would see that he developed a critique of Kantian liberalism, which he argued was based on abstract notions of the self and individual autonomy (a critique that Bookchin used to refer to, before he rejected anarchism; anyone familiar with anarchist history, as Bookchin claimed to be, would know that Bakunin’s critique of liberalism was far more influential among anarchists than the liberalism which Bakunin rejected, or the Nietzcshean individualism which came later, but which Bookchin conflates in the very passage set forth above).

Comment on Murray Bookchin: anarchism is “simply not a social theory” (2002) by radicalarchives

radicalarchives — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:43:12 +0000

true, but you also seem to imply that liberalism = Nietzschean individualism, which could not be further from the truth, either.

Comment on Murray Bookchin: anarchism is “simply not a social theory” (2002) by Robert Graham

Robert Graham — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:37:38 +0000

Bookchin’s analysis of anarchism after he renounced anarchism is historically inaccurate and philosophically flawed. The idea that anarchism is liberalism gone made is untenable. The vast majority of anarchists have considered themselves socialists, not Nietzschean individualists. It’s not hard to find in Bookchin’s own anarchist writings refutations of every single claim he made in this article. John Clark’s essay, “Bridging the Unbridgeable Chasm: On Bookchin’s Critique of the Anarchist Tradition,” at http://www.anarchiststudies.org/node/231, does a good job dissecting Bookchin’s “critique” of anarchism.

Comment on Murray Bookchin: anarchism vs anarcho-syndicalism (1992) by A few pints « Poumista

A few pints « Poumista — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:46:23 +0000

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Comment on Murray Bookchin: anarchism vs anarcho-syndicalism (1992) by Poumista

Poumista — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:02:49 +0000

We don’t mind: please feel free to carry on with the Bookchin!

Comment on Kalle Lasn (Adbusters): “Why Won’t Anyone Say They Are Jewish?” (full image) by radicalarchives

radicalarchives — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:28:34 +0000

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Comment on Spencer Sunshine: “Nietzsche and the Anarchists” (2005) by Φρίντριχ Νίτσε και οι αναρχικοί του επίγονοι « orologion

Φρίντριχ Νίτσε και οι αναρχικοί του επίγονοι « orologion — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:08:36 +0000

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Comment on Spencer Sunshine: “Nietzsche and the Anarchists” (2005) by Φρίντριχ Νίτσε και οι αναρχικοί του επίγονοι « ΤΟ ΚΟΛΟ

Φρίντριχ Νίτσε και οι αναρχικοί του επίγονοι « ΤΟ ΚΟΛΟ — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:24:35 +0000

Comment on Kalle Lasn (Adbusters): “Why Won’t Anyone Say They Are Jewish?” (full image) by David Deutsch

David Deutsch — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:15:59 +0000

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Comment on New World Liberation Front (NWLF) – 1977 article by Top Posts at www.radicalarchives.org « radicalarchives

Top Posts at www.radicalarchives.org « radicalarchives — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:12:53 +0000

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