Anarchy After Leftism (Paperback)

~ Bob Black (Author) "Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism may well be the worst book about anarchists that any of them has ever written..." (more)
Key Phrases: lifestyle anarchists, lifestyle anarchism, social anarchism, Dean Bookchin, Murray Bookchin, North American (more...)

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Product Description

A reply to, and an assault on, Murray Bookchin's 'Social Anarchism Or Lifestyle Anarchism,' Bookchin himself, Bookchinism, and so called 'anarcho-leftism.'

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: CAL Press (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890532002
• ISBN-13: 978-1890532000
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #105,547 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent., April 13, 2009

By	J. Taylor (North Idaho) - See all my reviews

Very, very well-written critique of Leftist/Keep-the-state-but-just-call-it-a-syndicate-or-something-to-make-it-sound-nicer anarchists.

His demolition of leftist political theory is scathing, accurate, and comprehensive. He spends bit more time than necessary ripping up Bookchin's personality, but it doesn't get too out of hand, and is useful because Bookchin's character is illustrative of many common traits found in other armchair, academic "anarchists" (e.g. Chomsky) and thus helps one understand their personal motivations for espousing their reformist ideologies, and viciously attacking people who question them.

I highly recommend giving it a read.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bob Black is aptly named, July 19, 2005

By	A. Perry "aperry_10030" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having read several Bob Black's books, I must say that this is one of his finest. He is the most intelligent of the anarchist writers out there. He makes an incredible argument against social ecology and Murray Bookchin as the "Left that Was". In order for Anarchy to have a decent shot-we (anarchists) need to leave the left behind. I also highly recommend his "Abolition of Work" as the definitive word on no-work philosophy. Highly recommended.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Black a very important voice, April 11, 2007

By	toddo (Manitowoc, WI United States) - See all my reviews

I was taken with the ideas of Murray Bookchin until I read this book. So I had to ask myself, "How could I have missed these obvious points?" As Mr. Black so aptly says, "Mr. Bookchin is no anarchist." This book takes Bookchin's philosophy apart piece-by-piece in easy to understand language. But more than that, this book lays out some of the more obvious and important philosophy of anarchy. Bob Black is an important voice and one that should be listened to if we are to leave the left behind, as the previous reviewer so aptly states, and finally change our world.