Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation - Couverture souple

Gelderloos, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184935264X ISBN 13 : 9781849352642

Editeur : AK Press, 2017

Synopsis

According to Worshiping Power, we need to stop thinking of the State as a potential vehicle for emancipation. From its origins, the State has never been anything other than a tool to accumulate power. This innovative and partisan study of human social complexity cuts through inadequate theories of early state formation to uncover social practices and institutions that have stifled egalitarian forms of self-organization throughout history. Just as importantly, it shows that the difficulties and consequences of state formation are not relegated to prehistory. Despite a ubiquity that renders them almost invisible today, states are constantly trying to augment their power, and all are closer to the brink of collapse than they would like to let on.

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À propos de l?auteur

Peter Gelderloos is an anarchist writer originally from Virginia. He is author of How Nonviolence Protects the State, Consensus, and Anarchy Works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AK Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184935264X
• ISBN 13: 9781849352642
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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