Postmodern Anarchism

by Lewis Call

Overview

Delving into the anarchist writings of Nietzsche, Foucault, and Baudrillard, and exploring the cyberpunk fiction of William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, theorist Lewis Call examines the new philosophical current where anarchism meets postmodernism. This theoretical stream moves beyond anarchism's conventional attacks on capital and the state to criticize those forms of rationality, consciousness, and language that implicitly underwrite all economic and political power. Call argues that postmodernism's timely influence updates anarchism, making it relevant to the political culture of the new millennium.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739105221
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/04/2003
Pages:	165
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Lewis Call teaches world history, political economy, and the history of network technology at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction: The Postmodern Matrix
Chapter 2 Towards an Anarchy of Becoming: Nietzsche
Chapter 3 A Thought Outside the State: Foucault
Chapter 4 The Gift of Postmodern Anarchism: Baudrillard
Chapter 5 Anarchy in the Matrix: William Gibson and Bruce Sterling

Editorial Reviews

Lewis Call's Postmodern Anarchism is not only a clear, concise statement of the intersection of postmodernism and anarchist thought; it is an original contribution in its own right. The remarkable pages on cyberpunk open the discussion of this intersection to an entirely new arena.

Todd May

Lewis Call's Postmodern Anarchism is not only a clear, concise statement of the intersection of postmodernism and anarchist thought; it is an original contribution in its own right. The remarkable pages on cyberpunk open the discussion of this intersection to an entirely new arena.--Todd May, Class of 1941 Memorial Professor of the Humanities, Clemson University

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