Žiga Vodovnik, PhD, is an associate professor of political science at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His teaching and research focus on contemporary political theories and praxes, social movements in the Americas, and the history of political ideas.
A Living Spirit of Revolt: The Infrapolitics of Anarchism
SKU: 9781604865233
Author: Žiga Vodovnik • Introduction by Howard Zinn
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 9781604865233
Published: 10/2013
Format: Paperback, mobi, ePub, PDF
Size: 8 x 5
Page count: 256
Subjects: Politics–Anarchism/Philosophy
Praise
“Žiga Vodovnik’s A Living Sprit of Revolt is an original and
brilliant exploration of the great tapestry of theory and praxis that
belongs in the anarchist tradition and its contemporary forms. For the
first time he makes a striking case that the Transcendentalists and
their intellectual cousins belong firmly in this tradition. No library
of contemporary or historical radicalism can be without it.”
—James C. Scott, author of Seeing like a State and Two Cheers for Anarchism
“Like Marx’s old mole, the instinct for freedom keeps burrowing, and
periodically breaks through to the light of day in novel and exciting
forms. That is happening again right now in many parts of the world,
often inspired by, and revitalizing, the anarchist tradition that is
examined in Žiga Vodovnik’s book. A Living Spirit of Revolt is a deeply informed and thoughtful work, which offers us very timely and instructive lessons.”
—Noam Chomsky, MIT
“Žiga Vodovnik has made a fresh and original contribution to our
understanding of anarchism, by unearthing its importance for the New
England Transcendentalists and their impact on radical politics in
America. A Living Spirit of Revolt is interesting, relevant and is sure to be widely read and enjoyed.”
—Uri Gordon, author of Anarchy Alive: Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory
“This book with its felicitous title is an important and essential
work, honest, painstaking, and intelligent. Unlike so many political
scientists, Žiga Vodovnik understands anarchism. It is unlikely that
anyone can read A Living Spirit of Revolt without gaining a
wholly new perspective on the history and future of the anarchist
movement. In a period that promises to spawn exciting transformations
and occupations of politics, this brilliant work offers a degree of real
understanding, and therefore cannot be too much commended.”
—Andrej Grubačić, author of Don’t Mourn Balkanize!: Essays After Yugoslavia and co-author of Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical History
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- A Living Spirit of Revolt: A Review in Maximum RocknRoll
- ‘The Living Spirit of Revolt: the Infrapolitics of Anarchism’: Book Review