The study of anarchism as a philosophical, political, and social movement has burgeoned both in the academy and in the global activist community in recent years. Taking advantage of this boom in anarchist scholarship, Nathan J. Jun and Shane Wahl have compiled twenty-six cutting-edge essays on this timely topic in New Perspectives on Anarchism. This collection of essays is unique in its global and multi-cultural scope, as its contributors hail from across the globe.
The scholars and activists featured in New Perspectives on Anarchism view anarchism from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including philosophy, political science, religion, sociology, and ecology. Together, they attest to the vibrancy, intrepidity, and diversity of contemporary anarchist studies both within and without the academy. New Perspectives on Anarchism’s broad approach to anarchism will make it appealing to scholars and political activists from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds.
List of Contributors
Samantha E. Bankston, Harold Barclay, Lewis Call, Alexandre J.M.E. Christoyannopoulos, Vernon Cisney, Jesse Cohn, Abraham DeLeon, Francis Dupuis-Déri, Benjamin Franks, Clive Gabay, Karen Goaman, Rodrigo Gomes Guimarães, Uri Gordon, James Horrox, Anthony Ince, Sandra Jeppesen, Stavros Karageorgakis, Elizabeth Kolovou, Thomas Martin, Todd May, Nicolae Morar, Irène Pereira, Stevphen Shukaitis, Mick Smith, Scott Turner, Salvo Vaccaro, Mitchell Verter, Dana Ward, and Dana M. Williams.

Table of Contents

Introduction Todd May
Part 1: Anarchism & Philosophy
Chapter 1: Anarchy in Political Philosophy
Francis Dupuis-Déri

Chapter 2: Is Post-structuralist Political Theory Anarchist?
Todd May
Chapter 3: Power and Anarchy: In/equality + In/visibility in Autonomous Politics
Uri Gordon
Chapter 4: Anarchism of the Other Person
Mitchell Verter
Chapter 5: The Double Paradigm of Power
Salvo Vaccaro Translated by Samantha E. Bankston
Part 2: Anarchism & Political Science
Chapter 6: Vanguards and Paternalism
Benjamin Franks
Chapter 7: Anarchy, Decentralisation, and Autonomy at the Seattle Anti-WTO Protests
Clive Gabay
Chapter 8: Anarchist Theory and Human Rights
Scott Turner
Part 3: Anarchism & Religion
Chapter 9: Christian Anarchism: A Revolutionary Reading of the Bible
Alexandre J.M.E. Christoyannopoulos
Chapter 10: Anarchist Confrontations with Religion
Harold Barclay
Part 4: Classical Anarchism
Chapter 11: Reinventing Resistance: Constructive Activism in Gustav Landauer’s Social Philosophy
James Horrox
Chapter 12: Alchemy at Clarens: Kropotkin and Reclus, 1877– 1881
Dana Ward
Chapter 13: Proudhon, Pragmatist
Irène Pereira Translated by Vernon Cisney & Nicolae Morar
Part 5: Anarchism & Social Science
Chapter 15: An Anarchist-Sociologist Research Program
Dana M. Williams
Chapter 16: Sabotaging the System! Bringing Anarchist Theory into Social Studies Education
Abraham DeLeon
Chapter 17: Whither Anarchist Geography?
Anthony Ince
Chapter 18: An Ethnography of Nowhere
Stevphen Shukaitis
Part 6: Anarchism & Ecology
Chapter 19: Free from Nature or Free Nature?: An Anarchist Critique of Transhumanism
Elizabeth Kolovou & Stavros Karageorgakis
Chapter 20: John Zerzan, Primitivism, and the Value of Culture
Rodrigo Gomes Guimarães
o Chapter 21: New Remedies or New Evils? Anarchism and the Scientific Revolution
Thomas Martin
Chapter 22: The State of Nature: The Political Philosophy of Primitivism and the Culture of Contamination
Mick Smith
Part 7: Anarchism & Culture
Chapter 23: What is Anarchist Cultural Studies? Precursors, Problems, and Prospects
Jesse Cohn
Chapter 24: The Past, Period Drama, and Mutual Aid
Karen Goaman
Chapter 25: Crisis of Authority Aboard the Battlestar Galactica
Lewis Call
Chapter 26: Creating Guerilla Texts in Rhizomatic Value-Practices on the Sliding Scale of Autonomy: Toward An Anti-Authoritarian Cultural Logic
Sandra Jeppesen

Nathan J. Jun is assistant professor of philosophy and coordinator of the philosophy program at Midwestern State University.
Shane Wahl is an instructor in philosophy at Ivy Tech Community College and teaches philosophy and debate to gifted children through Purdue University’s Gifted Education Resource Institute.