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'''Post-Anarchism''', or '''Post-Structuralist Anarchism''' is an anarchism understood not as a certain set of social arrangements, or even as a particular revolutionary project, but rather as a sensibility, a certain ethos or way of living and seeing the world which is impelled by the realization of the freedom that one already has. It suggests that revolution – as a way of thinking about radical political changes – is no longer operational, and proposes the notion of insurrection instead – in which one distances oneself from power, rather than seeking to fight against it directly creating a new rule. | '''Post-Anarchism''', or '''Post-Structuralist Anarchism''' is an anarchism understood not as a certain set of social arrangements, or even as a particular revolutionary project, but rather as a sensibility, a certain ethos or way of living and seeing the world which is impelled by the realization of the freedom that one already has. It suggests that revolution – as a way of thinking about radical political changes – is no longer operational, and proposes the notion of insurrection instead – in which one distances oneself from power, rather than seeking to fight against it directly creating a new rule. | ||
In layman's term, Post-anarchism is not a single coherent theory, but rather refers to the combined works of any number of post-modernists and post-structuralists such as Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Jean Baudrillard; postmodern feminists such as Judith Butler; and alongside those of classical anarchist and libertarian philosophers such as Zhuang Zhou, Emma Goldman, Max Stirner, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Thus, the terminology can vary widely in both approach and outcome. | |||
==History == | ==History == | ||
The term "post-anarchism" was coined by philosopher of [[File:Anpostleft.png]] [[Post-Left Anarchism|post-left anarchy]] Hakim Bey in his 1987 essay "Post-Anarchism Anarchy." Bey argued that [[File:Awaj.png]] [[Anarchism|anarchism]] had become insular and sectarian, confusing the various anarchist schools of thought for the real experience of lived anarchy. In 1994, Todd May initiated what he called "poststructuralist anarchism", arguing for a theory grounded in the post-structuralist understanding of power, particularly through the work of Michel Foucault and Emma Goldman, while taking the anarchist approach to ethics. | The term "post-anarchism" was coined by philosopher of [[File:Anpostleft.png]] [[Post-Left Anarchism|post-left anarchy]] Hakim Bey in his 1987 essay "Post-Anarchism Anarchy." Bey argued that [[File:Awaj.png]] [[Anarchism|anarchism]] had become insular and sectarian, confusing the various anarchist schools of thought for the real experience of lived anarchy. In 1994, Todd May initiated what he called "poststructuralist anarchism", arguing for a theory grounded in the post-structuralist understanding of power, particularly through the work of Michel Foucault and Emma Goldman, while taking the anarchist approach to ethics. | ||
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Post-Anarchism, or Post-Structuralist Anarchism is an anarchism understood not as a certain set of social arrangements, or even as a particular revolutionary project, but rather as a sensibility, a certain ethos or way of living and seeing the world which is impelled by the realization of the freedom that one already has. It suggests that revolution – as a way of thinking about radical political changes – is no longer operational, and proposes the notion of insurrection instead – in which one distances oneself from power, rather than seeking to fight against it directly creating a new rule.
In layman's term, Post-anarchism is not a single coherent theory, but rather refers to the combined works of any number of post-modernists and post-structuralists such as Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Jean Baudrillard; postmodern feminists such as Judith Butler; and alongside those of classical anarchist and libertarian philosophers such as Zhuang Zhou, Emma Goldman, Max Stirner, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Thus, the terminology can vary widely in both approach and outcome.
History
The term "post-anarchism" was coined by philosopher of 
post-left anarchy Hakim Bey in his 1987 essay "Post-Anarchism Anarchy." Bey argued that 
anarchism had become insular and sectarian, confusing the various anarchist schools of thought for the real experience of lived anarchy. In 1994, Todd May initiated what he called "poststructuralist anarchism", arguing for a theory grounded in the post-structuralist understanding of power, particularly through the work of Michel Foucault and Emma Goldman, while taking the anarchist approach to ethics.
The "Lacanian anarchism" proposed by Saul Newman utilizes the works of Jacques Lacan and File:Ego.png Max Stirner more prominently. Newman criticizes classical anarchists, such as 
Mikhail Bakunin and 
Peter Kropotkin, for assuming an objective "human nature" and a natural order; he argues that from this approach, humans progress and are well-off by nature, with only the Establishment as a limitation that forces behavior otherwise. For Newman, this is a worldview which depicts the reversal of 
Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, in which the "good" state is subjugated by the "evil" people.
Lewis Call has attempted to develop post-anarchist theory through the work of 
Friedrich Nietzsche, rejecting the Cartesian concept of the "subject." From here, a radical form of anarchism is made possible: the anarchism of becoming. This anarchism does not have an eventual goal, nor does it flow into "being"; it is not a final state of development, nor a static form of society, but rather becomes permanent, as a means without end. Italian autonomist Giorgio Agamben has also written about this idea. In this respect it is similar to the "complex systems" view of emerging society known as "panarchy". Call critiques 
liberalnotions of language, consciousness, and rationality from an anarchist perspective, arguing that they are inherent in economic and political power within the capitalist state organization.
Duane Rousselle has approached the term from the perspective Lacanian psychoanalysis in After Post-Anarchism and Post-Anarchism: A Reader. The journal Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies has been a key academic journal disseminating post-anarchist theory.
Personality and Behaviour
- Hangs around French cafes talking continental philosophy no one can understand.
- Talks with
Existentialist Anarchism frequently. - Basically the leftist version of Esoteric Fascism
How to Draw
- Draw a ball,
- Fill it in black,
- Draw one big white eye, and you're done!
- Add the anarchy symbol, in black, as a pupil.
| Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
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| Black | #141414 | 20, 20, 20 | |
| White | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | |
Relationships
Friends
- File:Ego.png Egoism - "Ce que Stirner dit est un mot, une pensée, un concept; ce qu'il veut dire n'est pas un mot, pas de pensée, pas de concept. Ce qu'il dit n'est pas ce qu'il veut dire, et ce qu'il veut dire est indicible." - Max Agitateur
("What Stirner says is a word, a thought, a concept; what he means is no word, no thought, no concept. What he says is not what is meant, and what he means is unsayable." - Max Stirner)
Post-Left Anarchism - Vous m'aiderez à dépasser les contraintes du gauchisme, vers un meilleur anarchisme.
(You'll help me move past the constraints of leftism, to a better anarchism.)
Anarcho-Nihilism - Notre futilité écrasante est peut-être l'aspect le plus libérateur de notre existence.
(Our crushing futility is possibly the most freeing aspect of our existence.)
L'anarchie dont on peut parler n'est pas l'anarchie.
(The anarchy that can be spoken is not the anarchy.)
- Existentialist Anarchism - L'anarchisme du devenir n'est pas un état statique de la société, ni une étape finale de développement, c'est plutôt un moyen sans fin.
(The anarchism of becoming is no static state of society, nor final stage of development, rather it is as a means without end.)
Acid Communism - Imaginer de nouveaux futurs.
(Imagining new futures.)
Frenemies
Anarcho-Communism - Les idées du communisme pur sont archaïques, nous devons nous adapter à nos contemporains.
(The ideas of pure communism are antiquated, we have to adjust for our contemporaries.)
Anarcho-Capitalism - Un individu gêné par les obstacles du capital n'est pas vraiment libre.
(An individual impeded by the hurdles of capital is not really free.)
Enemies
Fascism - Nous ne devons jamais revenir à soumettre la volonté des individus à quelque chose d'aussi pernicieux que le totalitarisme.
(We must never go back to subjecting the will of individuals to something as pernicious as totalitarianism.)
Marxism–Leninism - Vous avez eu la chance d'apporter un réel changement pour le mieux, mais vous êtes devenu un tyran comme les autres.
(You had a chance to make real change for the better, but became a tyrant like the rest.)
Neoreactionarism - Qu'est-il arrivé à Land? Tu es une honte...
(What happened to Land? You're an embarrassment...)
Minarchism - "Le problème de l'État minimal tel que celui prôné par Nozick, c'est qu'il n'est jamais minimal dans la pratique : au contraire, un État qui se préoccupe de fonctions sécuritaires – militaires et policières – est en fait très interventionniste, intrusif et autoritaire. . L'État minimal libertaire finit toujours par devenir un État Léviathan."
("The problem with the minimal state such as that advocated by Nozick, is that it is never minimal in practice: on the contrary, a state which preoccupies itself with security functions – military and police force – is in fact highly interventionist, intrusive and authoritarian. The libertarian minimal state always ends up as a Leviathan state.")
Further Information
Literature
- The Politics of Postanarchism by Saul Newman
- Postanarchism by Saul Newman
- Post-Anarchism: A Reader by multiple authors
- Anti-Oedipus by
Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari - Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault
- Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard
Wikipedia
Gallery
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