The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy

The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy

by Murray Bookchin
The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy

The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy

by Murray Bookchin

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Overview

“The very notion of the domination of nature by man stems from the very real domination of human by human.” With this succinct formulation, Murray Bookchin launches his most ambitious work, The Ecology of Freedom. An engaging and extremely readable book of breathtaking scope, its inspired synthesis of ecology, anthropology and political theory traces our conflicting legacies of hierarchy and freedom from the first emergence of human culture to today’s globalized capitalism, constantly pointing the way to a sane, sustainable ecological future.

Murray Bookchin, cofounder of the Institute for Social Ecology, has been an active voice in the ecology and anarchist movements for more than 40 years. The author of numerous books and articles, he lives in Burlington, Vermont.

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781904859260
Publisher: AK PR INC
Publication date: 07/01/2005
Pages: 480
Sales rank: 664,304
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Murray Bookchin is cofounder of the Institute for Social Ecology. An active voice in the ecology and anarchist movements for more than forty years, he has written numerous books and articles, including: Anarchism, Marxism and the Future of the Left, Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism, The Spanish Anarchists, The Ecology of Freedom, Urbanization Without Cities, and Re-enchanting Humanity. He lives in Burlington, Vermont.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements8
Preface10
Introduction to the 1991 edition15
Introduction65
1The concept of social ecology80
2The outlook of organic society109
3The emergence of hierarchy130
4Epistemologies of rule159
5The legacy of domination191
6Justice-equal and exact215
7The legacy of freedom244
8From saints to sellers271
9Two images of technologies302
10The social matrix of technology325
11The ambiguities of freedom356
12An ecological society411
Epilogue448
Notes470
Index482
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