000 03173nam a2200469Ia 4500
001 210203
003 IT-RoAPU
005 20231211163520.0
006 m|||||o||d||||||||
007 cr || ||||||||
008 231101t20042004onc fo d z eng d
020 _a9781442602359
_qPDF
024 7 _a10.3138/9781442602359
_2doi
035 _a(DE-B1597)9781442602359
035 _a(DE-B1597)626538
035 _a(OCoLC)1338019020
040 _aDE-B1597
_beng
_cDE-B1597
_erda
050 4 _aHX828W6 2004
072 7 _aPOL042010
_2bisacsh
082 0 4 _a335.83
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aWoodcock, George
_eautore
245 1 0 _aAnarchism /
_cGeorge Woodcock.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[2004]
264 4 _c©2004
300 _a1 online resource (432 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
_bPDF
_2rda
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
_2star
520 _aTo what degree can anarchism be an effective organized movement? Is it realistic to think of anarchist ideas ever forming the basis for social life itself? These questions are widely being asked again today in response to the forces of economic globalization. The framework for such discussions was perhaps given its most memorable shape, however, in George Woodcock's classic study of anarchism-now widely recognized as the most significant twentieth-century overview of the subject. Woodcock surveys all of the major figures that shaped anarchist thought, from Godwin and Proudhon to Bakunin, Goldman, and Kropotkin, and looks as well at the long-term prospects for anarchism and anarchist thought. In Woodcock's view "pure" anarchism-characterized by "the loose and flexible affinity group which needs no formal organization"-was incompatible with mass movements that require stable organizations, that are forced to make compromises in the face of changing circumstances, and that need to maintain the allegiance of a wide range of supporters. Yet Woodcock continued to cherish anarchist ideals; as he said in a 1990 interview, "I think anarchism and its teachings of decentralization, of the coordination of rural and industrial societies, and of mutual aid as the foundation of any viable society, have lessons that in the present are especially applicable to industrial societies." This classic work of intellectual history and political theory (first published in the 1960s, revised in 1986) is now available exclusively from UTP Higher Education.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 4 _aCoursebook.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Anarchism.
_2bisacsh
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442602359
856 4 2 _3Cover
_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442602359/original
942 _cEB
999 _c210203
_d210203