Despite the recent proliferation of scholarship on anarchism, very little attention has been paid to the historical and theoretical relationship between anarchism and philosophy. Seeking to fill this void, Brill’s Companion to Anarchism and Philosophy draws upon the combined expertise of several top scholars to provide a broad thematic overview of the various ways anarchism and philosophy have intersected. Each of its 18 chapters adopts a self-consciously inventive approach to its subject matter, examining anarchism’s relation to other philosophical theories and systems within the Western intellectual tradition as well as specific philosophical topics, subdisciplines and methodological tendencies.
Nathan Jun, Ph.D. (2008), Purdue University, is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Philosophy Program at Midwestern State University. He is the author of several articles and volumes pertaining to anarchism and European philosophy, including Anarchism and Political Modernity (Bloomsbury, 2011).
“Es zeichnet – bezogen auf Philosophie – wissenschaftlich souverän, sehr informativ und gut lesbar anarchistische Horizonte nach. Auffallend ist der abwägende Gestus: ohne verzweifelte und verzweifelnde Attacken gegen einen sogenannten Neoliberalismus, aber auch ohne romantischen Utopismus.” — Olaf Briese, Berliner Debatte Initial 29.2 (2018)
Editor’s Preface Acknowledgments About the Contributors
Anarchism and Philosophy: A Critical Introduction Nathan Jun
1 Anarchism and Aesthetics Allan Antliff
2 Anarchism and Liberalism Bruce Buchan
3 Anarchism and Markets Kevin Carson
4 Anarchism and Religion Alexandre Christoyannopoulos and Lara Apps
5 Anarchism and Pacifism Andrew Fiala
6 Anarchism and Moral Philosophy Benjamin Franks
7 Anarchism and Nationalism Uri Gordon
8 Anarchism and Sexuality Sandra Jeppesen and Holly Nazar
9 Anarchism and Feminism Ruth Kinna
10 Anarchism and Libertarianism Roderick T. Long
11 Anarchism, Poststructuralism, and Contemporary European Philosophy Todd May
12 Anarchism and Analytic Philosophy Paul McLaughlin
13 Anarchism and Environmental Philosophy Brian Morris
14 Anarchism and Psychoanalysis Saul Newman
15 Anarchism and Nineteenth-Century European Philosophy Pablo Abufom Silva and Alex Prichard
16 Anarchism and Nineteenth-Century American Political Thought Crispin Sartwell
17 Anarchism and Phenomenology Joeri Schrijvers
18 Anarchism and Marxism
Lucien van der Walt
19 Anarchism and Existentialism Shane Wahl
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Primary readership: post-graduate students and faculty members in philosophy, politics, history, religious studies, cultural studies, and the social sciences.