Anarchism and Ecology [Paperback]

Graham Purchase (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Black Rose Books (July 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551640260
• ISBN-13: 978-1551640266
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,799,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book on ecological-anarchism, February 18, 2000

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Marc (Coral Springs, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anarchism and Ecology (Hardcover)

I personally think this work is brilliant for a number of reasons. Graham Purchase has been one of my favorite contemporary anarchist theoreticians with insights that I very much agree with. Mr. Purchase believes that the only way to halt the present destruction of society and the environment by capitalism and the nation-state, individuals and communities should form global federations of agro-industrial communes. Borrowing ideas from the ecological-anarchist theoreticians Fourier, Reclus, and Kropotkin, he argues for integration of city and country, alternative renewable energy resources, and democratic decentralization. He argues for a wholesome, balanced, and ecologically-integrated social-ecololgical anarchy that provides for the needs of all. This future world can be reached by practical means, by direct citizen actions in cities and workplaces to achieve a more just, sane, and sensible world. Wonderful! if you are interested in this book, you should also read Purchase's "Anarchism and Environmental Survival" or any of MurrayBookchin's books.