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Book SynopsisBuilding a Revolution, one handful at a time. In the face of widespread burnout and a world gone crazy, how do we find things to say yes to, rather than a resounding no? On North America''s West Coast, there''s a group of rebel women who ten years ago chose to break free from a rigged economic and social system. They didn''t take to the streets to lobby banks and governments to change their ways - they didn''t have time for that. They had babies to feed and house. They reckoned that if nobody else was going to change the rules to support basic human needs and respect the biosphere, then we are all free to make our own rules. They chose action. They decided to teach themselves how to build houses using the most abundant material on earth - mud. They''d learn by building, gathering skills and allies. They''d have fun, sharing whatever they learned with whoever wanted to come along for the ride. The Mudgirls revolution was born. Part story of rebel woTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction PART I: A HISTORY WRITTEN IN MUD Chapter 1: Our Ways of Building Guiding Principle: We mostly work with unprocessed natural and recycled materials to create and decorate beautiful and healthy structures that are earth friendly. Guiding Principle: We believe this work is so important that we cannot wait until we are all experts. No matter the level of experience, we value each individual for their contribution and abilities and believe strongly in skill-building on the worksite. We Went for It: Creating the World We Wanted to Live In The Measuring Tape: Skill-Building as a Priority. A Non-intimidating Approach to Building Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: Permits = Limits Messages from Mud: It's Not About How Much You Know, But How Much You Believe in What You're Doing Case Studies: Ray and Soozie's Place; Measure Twice, Think Three Times, Cut Once, Because Chainsaws Are Forever Chapter 2: Women's Work Guiding Principle: We are a women's collective and seek to empower ourselves with employment and the skills to build homes. No Boys Allowed: Why We Chose (and Still Choose) An All-woman Crew We Play With Dollies: Work Smarter Not Harder Our Heroines: Other Women that Are Rockin' the Natural Building World and Shattering the Status Quo: Athena Steen, Liz Johndrow, and Becky Bee We Love Dudes: And Dudes Love Us Case Studies: Chris's Contribution; Set the Men Free; No, Really, She's Doing It; Contribution from Todd Turik (One Man Among Many Women) Chapter 3: Rethinking Work Guiding Principle: We are a collective that is human friendly: we recreate our concepts of work to prioritize respect and care for our hearts, our bodies, and our children while we work together. We create a work environment that nurtures us. Large and in Charge: The Empowerment Inherent in Working for Oneself It's Our Worksite, and We'll Cry If We Want To: Allowing Space for Emotions, Needs, and Limitations on the Worksite Bigger Isn't Always Better: Dealing with the Expectations of of Conventional "Efficiency" Versus the Efficiencies Long-term Learning, Safety, Skill-sharing, and Community-building Baby, I Like It Raw: Maintaining the Connection with Raw Materials and Raw Power Case Studies: Ode to the Old: Hand Tools and Handy Elders Soul Food: Nurturing Our Bodies Recipies: Smoked Tofu Potato Salad; Bethany's Rice Pudding; Coconut Curried Lentils; Energy Balls Chapter 4: Caring for the Children Guiding Principle: All our events are child and parentfriendly with quality childcare always provided. Our Kids Are Your Kids: A Better Model for the Greater Good Take Your Child to Work Day, Every Day: Why Mandatory, Built-in Childcare Makes Sense, and Why It's Not Always Perfect The Children of the Revolution: Children as Active Members of the Community Case Studies: How the Inner Child Schooled the Adult Attitude: Youth Facilitation as a Non-parent; That One Time I Almost Lost My Kids and My Mind, and the Silly Play That Saved Us All; Life After Motherhood; Participant/Mother Contribution Chapter 5: Rethinking "Business" Guiding Principle: We seek to do our business in a non-capitalist spirit. We keep the cost of natural building affordable by keeping our wages low, offering our workshops for barter, building for low-income people as much as we can. Ménage à Trois: The Breakdown of Our Workshop Structure How Much Is Too Much?: The Quest to Practice Sustainable Idealism Who Needs Money When There's Mud Everywhere?: A Low Income Plus Resourcefulness Equals Creative Power Client-friends and Friend-clients: Keeping a Healthy Building Relationship Without Contracts Case Studies: Molly's House; Trade Ya a Small House for a Website? Chapter 6: Who's the Boss? Guiding Principle: We are structured non-hierarchically. Each member is equally valued and has equal say in decision-making. Guiding Principle: We use the teachings of Compassionate Communication to create a peaceful, mutually respectful, and revolutionarily harmonious group process. The Internal Workings of The Mudgirls: How We Make Decisions Don't Tell Me What to Do Mycorrhiza: A Symbiosis Inspired by Nature Keeps the Collective Rollin' Case Studies: The Voice of Dissent, and How We Hate to Love It; A Model of Our (Ideal) Steps to Resolve Conflict Chapter 7: Building a Revolution Guiding Principle: We work together to create this collective as we go, nurturing the creative and inventive and courageously open to the process of transformation. Build It and They Will Come: The Search for Other Ways of Living Don't Muddy the Waters: Trying to Live by Example Case Studies: Our Collective's Babies: Mudmob in Australia and The Good Earth Builders PART II: THANKS TIPS! (PRACTICAL BUILDING MATTERS) Chapter 8: Materials and Tools Clay Sourcing Tips How to Test Your Clay Sand, Sand, and Sand Fiber Lumber Mud Tools Woodworking Tools What Trowel to Use and Why Chapter 9: Recipes Clay Paint Recipes That Work Paint #1 Paint #2 Pigment Adhesion Coats Lime Water, Lime Wash Starch Paste (Wheat Paste) Plasters Manure Plaster Clay Plaster Lime Plaster Chapter 10: Tips to Success (We Screwed Up and Learned Stuff) Dry Stack Rock Foundation Tips Dry Stack Rock Foundations for Straw Bale Walls How to Fix Cracks Why Cob Walls Fall Wall Systems Pros and Cons Build Your House in Ten Steps! Endnotes Index About the Author A Note about the Publisher

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Book SynopsisOver the course of the German Empire the Social Democrats went from being a vilified and persecuted minority to becoming the largest party in the Reichstag, enjoying broad-based support. But this was not always the case. In the 1870s, government mouthpieces branded Social Democracy the party of assassins and conspirators and sought to excite popular fury against it. Over time, Social Democrats managed to refashion their public image in large part by contrasting themselves to anarchists, who came to represent a politics that went far beyond the boundaries of acceptable behavior. Social Democrats emphasized their overall commitment to peaceful change through parliamentary participation and a willingness to engage their political rivals. They condemned anarchist behaviorterrorism and other political violence specificallyand distanced themselves from the alleged anarchist personal characteristics of rashness, emotionalism, cowardice, and secrecy. Repeated public debate about the approprTrade ReviewGabriel's book is an important and timely study in its own right. It will be welcome reading to those interested in modern German and European socialism, radicalism, political ideologies, and political culture. * Journal of Modern History *

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Book SynopsisThis timely book introduces readers to anarchism's relationship to broader history, offering not only a history of anarchism in the modern period, but a critical introduction to debates on anarchist history. Attention thus far has been biased towards intellectual history and key thinkers such as Proudhon, Bakunin and Kropotkin, but these studies have neglected the social movements and spaces which have seen anarchy in action' and marginalised the role of women and voices beyond Europe and the United States. Debating Anarchism offers a different perspective, engaging with women's anarchist experiences and grounding recent historical work on anarchism in a global perspective. Interrogating anarchism as a concept, a movement and a social reality the author guides the reader through the origins of anarchism in the age of revolutions, assessing experiences of anarchy in Russia, Spain, India and beyond. Tracing the development of the beautiful idea' through the 20th centuryTrade ReviewSo skillful is Finn’s historical synthesis that Debating Anarchism becomes a work original research in its own right. This book will undoubtedly become an essential introduction to the history of anarchist ideas and movements. * Matthew Adams, Lecturer in Politics, History and Communication, Loughborough University, UK *Debating anarchism: a history of action, ideas and movements is a meticulously researched, rigorous and fascinating history and theory of anarchism. From its radical beginnings to our current times, Mike Finn gives us, finally, a full understanding of anarchism in theory and practice. This is an important and necessary book. * Dr. Dana Mills, Lecturer in Poltiics, Vrije Univeristeit, Amsterdam, author of Rosa Luxemburg (Reaktion, 2020) *Debating Anarchism is a panoramic examination of anarchism’s shifts and fortunes from the nineteenth century to modern times. Mike Finn’s ‘anarchist squint’ counters the marginalisation of anarchism in European and global histories. His compelling narrative combines impeccable scholarship with crisp, clear analysis to show that the recovery of anarchist history is an important, subversive activity. * Ruth Kinna, Professor of Political Theory, Loughborough University, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Everywhere and Nowhere - The Problem with Anarchist Historiography Part I: Anarchism in an Age of Revolutions, 1840-1939 1. Anarchy is Order: The Origins of ‘The Beautiful Idea’, 1840-1872 2. Words vs. Deeds: Anarchism and Syndicalism Before the First World War, 1872-1914 3. European Anarchisms: Russia and Spain 4. Global Anarchisms: India, Japan and Beyond Part II: ‘The seeds beneath the snow’: Anarchism in the Age of the Superpowers 5. The Last Anarchists? Anarchism, Decolonisation, and Protest in the Cold War World, 1945-1989 Part III: Anarchist ‘turns’: Anarchism in the Age of Postmodernity Conclusion: Anarchism and History in a ‘second anarchist moment’

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Book SynopsisThis timely book introduces readers to anarchism's relationship to broader history, offering not only a history of anarchism in the modern period, but a critical introduction to debates on anarchist history. Attention thus far has been biased towards intellectual history and key thinkers such as Proudhon, Bakunin and Kropotkin, but these studies have neglected the social movements and spaces which have seen anarchy in action' and marginalised the role of women and voices beyond Europe and the United States. Debating Anarchism offers a different perspective, engaging with women's anarchist experiences and grounding recent historical work on anarchism in a global perspective. Interrogating anarchism as a concept, a movement and a social reality the author guides the reader through the origins of anarchism in the age of revolutions, assessing experiences of anarchy in Russia, Spain, India and beyond. Tracing the development of the beautiful idea' through the 20th centuryTrade ReviewSo skillful is Finn’s historical synthesis that Debating Anarchism becomes a work original research in its own right. This book will undoubtedly become an essential introduction to the history of anarchist ideas and movements. * Matthew Adams, Lecturer in Politics, History and Communication, Loughborough University, UK *Debating anarchism: a history of action, ideas and movements is a meticulously researched, rigorous and fascinating history and theory of anarchism. From its radical beginnings to our current times, Mike Finn gives us, finally, a full understanding of anarchism in theory and practice. This is an important and necessary book. * Dr. Dana Mills, Lecturer in Poltiics, Vrije Univeristeit, Amsterdam, author of Rosa Luxemburg (Reaktion, 2020) *Debating Anarchism is a panoramic examination of anarchism’s shifts and fortunes from the nineteenth century to modern times. Mike Finn’s ‘anarchist squint’ counters the marginalisation of anarchism in European and global histories. His compelling narrative combines impeccable scholarship with crisp, clear analysis to show that the recovery of anarchist history is an important, subversive activity. * Ruth Kinna, Professor of Political Theory, Loughborough University, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Everywhere and Nowhere - The Problem with Anarchist Historiography Part I: Anarchism in an Age of Revolutions, 1840-1939 1. Anarchy is Order: The Origins of ‘The Beautiful Idea’, 1840-1872 2. Words vs. Deeds: Anarchism and Syndicalism Before the First World War, 1872-1914 3. European Anarchisms: Russia and Spain 4. Global Anarchisms: India, Japan and Beyond Part II: ‘The seeds beneath the snow’: Anarchism in the Age of the Superpowers 5. The Last Anarchists? Anarchism, Decolonisation, and Protest in the Cold War World, 1945-1989 Part III: Anarchist ‘turns’: Anarchism in the Age of Postmodernity Conclusion: Anarchism and History in a ‘second anarchist moment’

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Book SynopsisDeleuze and Guattari never identified as anarchists, nor do they seem to know much about its historical development or continued praxis. Yet their individual and collective work belies this apparent and wilful oversight through a steady consideration of revolutionary subjectivity and active political experimentation.Chantelle Gray argues that while we cannot and should not attempt to call them anarchists, their work resonates with core anarchist principles such as prefiguration, careful experimentation and emergent strategies aimed at creating a feeling that life is worth living. This involves paying attention to both joyous affects and sad passions, which necessitates the affirmation of all of chance and, from that, fabulating new modes of existence. By bringing together the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari with the theory and practices of anarchism, this book demonstrates that fabulating the future is nothing short of a noetic act, making reasonable something which initialTrade ReviewWith a potent mix of ideas, Gray artfully ruptures the dogmatic belief in authoritarian solutions to our dismal capitalist present. And in turn, Deleuze and Guattari lucidly emerge waving a black flag and joining in the chorus of Black, indigenous, feminist, and hacktivist anarchists that have long sung its song. * Andrew Culp, Professor of Critical Studies, California Institute of the Arts, USA *This is the most ambitious synthesis of anarchist theory I have read to date. Chantelle Gray expertly leads readers through the history of anarchist philosophy, Deleuze and Guattari’s anarchism, and into contemporary anarchist politics posing many crucial questions along the way. Anarchism After Deleuze and Guattari is a well-written and researched gem for anyone trying to get a handle on the history and future of anarchist theory. * Thomas Nail, Professor of Philosophy, University of Denver, USA *It's hard to live through this time and not feel besieged by nihilism -- by the feeling that we've had it, that the beautiful revolutionary possibilities of the last century have disappeared into a miasma of hatreds while the sea levels rise. Chantelle Gray goes in search of "reasons to believe in this world," "a feeling that life is worth living"; in so doing, she not only rereads the anarchist tradition through Deleuze and Guattari and vice versa, she also brings all three into this troubled century, making them come to grips with the new and terrifying forms of oppression. Readers numb from doomscrolling can find funds of hope and wisdom here. * Jesse Cohn, Associate Professor of English, Purdue University Northwest, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Deleuze-Guattari-Anarchism machine 1. Statist Realism 2. Axiomatics of the State 3. Capital: A Nervous Condition 4. Hacking for Our Lives 5. To Believe in this World Again 6. Constructing the Revolution Lines of Leakage: The Black Flag, for Life Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs the inevitable, unsustainable nature of contemporary society becomes increasingly more obvious, it is important for scholars and activists to engage with the question, what is to be done? A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front provides an analysis and overview of an under-discussed but important part of the radical environmental movement, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), which actively tried to stop ecocide. Through engagement with the activism and thought behind the ELF, volume contributors encourage readers to begin questioning the nature of contemporary capitalism, the state, and militarism. This book also explores the social movement and tactical impact of the ELF as well as governmental response to its activism, in order to strengthen analytic understanding of effectiveness, resistance, and community resilience. A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front is sure to inspire more scholarly worTrade Review“This outstanding interdisciplinary scholarly text takes us past the media and political propaganda of eco-terrorism and examines what the Earth Liberation Front is and how and why they exist.” Dr. Erik Juergensmeyer, Editor, Green Theory and Praxis Journal“A powerful text in defense of a revolutionary environmental group. Chapters are interwoven and interdisciplinary build off of each other. This book will save you time in searching for the most pivotal articles on the subject of eco-terrorism and the Earth Liberation Front.” Arash Daneshzadeh, Editor, Transformative Justice Journal“[This book is] [a]n important and timely collection of essays that help expand our understanding of the ELF, specifically, and nonhuman liberation, more generally. The essays avoid some of the more common knee-jerk reactions and engage the issues in thoughtful, critical, and intellectually stimulating ways. This collection will no doubt spark important discussion and debate!” Dr. Jason Del Gandio, author of Rhetoric for Radicals: A Handbook for 21st Century Activists“A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front is one of the most important and powerful texts to be published about the Earth liberation movement. If you are concerned about social justice, environmental justice, animal liberation, and anarchism then this scholarly text of classic writings on the ELF is a must-read. You will not be disappointed. Madelynne Kinoshita, Social Media Coordinator, Save the Kids“A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front is an outstanding book speaking about a group that goes beyond nonprofits and fancy banners over the White House to do what is needed and must be done to defend the planet against those that want to profit off of it. Read this book and ignite a revolution.” Chris Mendoza, Durango Food Not BombsTable of ContentsTables – Acknowledgments – Carolyn Drew: Foreword – Sean Parson/Anthony J. Nocella II/Amber E. George/Stephanie Eccles: Introduction: A Call to All Scholars to Defend Revolutionaries – Michael Becker: Rhizomatic Resistance: The Zapatistas and the Earth Liberation Front – Sean Parson: Understanding the Ideology of the Earth Liberation Front – Mark Seis: Nihilism and Desperation in Place-Based Resistance – Michael Loadenthal Ecoterrorism? Countering Dominant Narratives of Securitization: A Critical, Quantitative History of the Earth Liberation Front (1996–2009) – Colin Salter: Activism as Terrorism: The Green Scare, Radical Environmentalism and Governmentality – John Sorenson: The Myth of "Animal Rights Terrorism" – Paul Joosse: Leaderless Resistance and Ideological Inclusion: The Case of the Earth Liberation Front – Anthony J. Nocella II/Matthew J. Walton: Standing Up to Corporate Greed: The Earth Liberation Front as Domestic Terrorist Target Number One – Lawrence J. Cushnie: Mapping Discursive and Punitive Shifts: Punishment as Proxy for Distinguishing State Priorities Against Radical Environmental Activists – Joshua M. Varnell: Speaking About "Ecoterrorists": Terrorism Discourse and the Prosecution of Eric McDavid – Meneka Repka: Radical Environmentalism as Teacher: A Pedagogy of Activism – Alexander Reid Ross: Those Mischievous Elves of Lore: The Legend and Legacy of Earth Liberation – Mara Pfeffer/Bethany Richter: Magic Kills Industry: Reclaiming ELF and Witch Deviance as Ecoqueer and Anticapital – Richard J. White: Problematising Non-violent "Terrorism" in an Age of True Terror: A Focus on the Anarchic Dimensions of the Earth Liberation Front – Contributors – Index.

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Book SynopsisAs the inevitable, unsustainable nature of contemporary society becomes increasingly more obvious, it is important for scholars and activists to engage with the question, what is to be done? A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front provides an analysis and overview of an under-discussed but important part of the radical environmental movement, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), which actively tried to stop ecocide. Through engagement with the activism and thought behind the ELF, volume contributors encourage readers to begin questioning the nature of contemporary capitalism, the state, and militarism. This book also explores the social movement and tactical impact of the ELF as well as governmental response to its activism, in order to strengthen analytic understanding of effectiveness, resistance, and community resilience. A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front is sure to inspire more scholarly worTrade Review“A powerful text in defense of a revolutionary environmental group. Chapters are interwoven and interdisciplinary build off of each other. This book will save you time in searching for the most pivotal articles on the subject of eco-terrorism and the Earth Liberation Front.” Arash Daneshzadeh, Editor, Transformative Justice Journal“A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front is one of the most important and powerful texts to be published about the Earth liberation movement. If you are concerned about social justice, environmental justice, animal liberation, and anarchism then this scholarly text of classic writings on the ELF is a must-read. You will not be disappointed. Madelynne Kinoshita, Social Media Coordinator, Save the Kids“[This book is] [a]n important and timely collection of essays that help expand our understanding of the ELF, specifically, and nonhuman liberation, more generally. The essays avoid some of the more common knee-jerk reactions and engage the issues in thoughtful, critical, and intellectually stimulating ways. This collection will no doubt spark important discussion and debate!” Dr. Jason Del Gandio, author of Rhetoric for Radicals: A Handbook for 21st Century Activists“A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front is an outstanding book speaking about a group that goes beyond nonprofits and fancy banners over the White House to do what is needed and must be done to defend the planet against those that want to profit off of it. Read this book and ignite a revolution.” Chris Mendoza, Durango Food Not Bombs“This outstanding interdisciplinary scholarly text takes us past the media and political propaganda of eco-terrorism and examines what the Earth Liberation Front is and how and why they exist.” Dr. Erik Juergensmeyer, Editor, Green Theory and Praxis JournalTable of ContentsTables – Acknowledgments – Carolyn Drew: Foreword – Sean Parson/Anthony J. Nocella II/Amber E. George/Stephanie Eccles: Introduction: A Call to All Scholars to Defend Revolutionaries – Michael Becker: Rhizomatic Resistance: The Zapatistas and the Earth Liberation Front – Sean Parson: Understanding the Ideology of the Earth Liberation Front – Mark Seis: Nihilism and Desperation in Place-Based Resistance – Michael Loadenthal Ecoterrorism? Countering Dominant Narratives of Securitization: A Critical, Quantitative History of the Earth Liberation Front (1996–2009) – Colin Salter: Activism as Terrorism: The Green Scare, Radical Environmentalism and Governmentality – John Sorenson: The Myth of "Animal Rights Terrorism" – Paul Joosse: Leaderless Resistance and Ideological Inclusion: The Case of the Earth Liberation Front – Anthony J. Nocella II/Matthew J. Walton: Standing Up to Corporate Greed: The Earth Liberation Front as Domestic Terrorist Target Number One – Lawrence J. Cushnie: Mapping Discursive and Punitive Shifts: Punishment as Proxy for Distinguishing State Priorities Against Radical Environmental Activists – Joshua M. Varnell: Speaking About "Ecoterrorists": Terrorism Discourse and the Prosecution of Eric McDavid – Meneka Repka: Radical Environmentalism as Teacher: A Pedagogy of Activism – Alexander Reid Ross: Those Mischievous Elves of Lore: The Legend and Legacy of Earth Liberation – Mara Pfeffer/Bethany Richter: Magic Kills Industry: Reclaiming ELF and Witch Deviance as Ecoqueer and Anticapital – Richard J. White: Problematising Non-violent "Terrorism" in an Age of True Terror: A Focus on the Anarchic Dimensions of the Earth Liberation Front – Contributors – Index.

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Book SynopsisA thorough work of contemporary history and a distillation of the complex web of the Iranian Kurdish political world, this biography of Kurdish leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou depicts the character and passionate action of one of the twentieth century's most exceptional and democratic leaders of a national movement. Carol Prunhuber, who knew Ghassemlou from the early 1980s, shows us the many facets of a humanist leader of magnitude and worldwide scope. From revolution that toppled the Shah to the dark and treacherous alleys of the Cold War, Dreaming Kurdistan revives the Kurdish leader's fated path to assassination in Vienna. We know how, why, and who murdered Ghassemlouand we stand witness to Austria's raison d'état, the business interests that put a lid on the investigation, and the response of silent indifference from the international community.Professor of economics in Prague, bon vivant in Paris, clandestine freedom fighter in the Kurdish mounTrade Review“Carol Prunhuber has written a fast-paced, stirring account of Iran’s treacherous assassination, in July 1989, of the charismatic Iranian Kurdish leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou in Vienna while he was trying to negotiate peace. Her investigative journalism reveals all we know of this tragic event and is highly recommended reading.”—Michael Gunter, Professor of Political Science, Tennessee Technological University“Carol Prunhuber’s invaluable firsthand evaluation of Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou makes clear why he was the preeminent Kurdish leader of his era. Carol Prunhuber, who knew Ghassemlou in Kurdistan and in Paris, faithfully honored his request that she write his biography, which today illustrates his prescience about the Kurds’ fate—and why the ayatollahs assassinated him in 1989.”—Jonathan Randal, former Washington Post correspondent and author of After Such Knowledge What Forgiveness? My Encounters with Kurdistan“Carol Prunhuber, with links to the Kurdish world since the early 1980s, knew Dr. Ghassemlou and spent time in the mountains with his guerrillas. Her biography is an impassioned, meticulously documented investigation that vividly evokes the enthralling life and final days of this incomparable Kurdish leader. This book, which reads like a novel, is indispensable for all those who are concerned about Iran or intrigued by the Kurds.”—Kendal Nezan, President, Kurdish Institute of ParisTable of ContentsPrologue – Meeting in Vienna – A Fearless Man – The Intermediary – The Murderers – Mofsed-e-filarz – Shah Raft! Shah Raft! – Kurdistan or Ghabrestan! – Mahabad, Nationalist City – Peasants and Aghas – The Three-Month War – Kurdistan at War – The French Connection – Iranian Offensive – Journey to the Mountains – Politics, Religion, and Land Reform – Sons of Simko – Rifts and Rivalries – A Revolutionary Vision – After the Crime – Stunned – Ben Bella Accuses – Two Police Reports – Winter in Vienna – The Assassins – The Conversation – Creaking on the Floor – Cobra II – An Unfinished Story – Simko – Acknowledgments – Glossary – Dramatis Personae – Timeline: Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou and the PDKI – Timeline: Historical Events and Geopolitical Context – Appendix: Austrian Police Reports – Index.

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Book SynopsisMagda Egoumenides is Visiting Lecturer at the University of Cyprus. She has published articles in the Review Journal of Political Philosophy, Isopolitia, and the book Critical Philosophical Anarchism.Trade ReviewIn this thoughtful and passionately argued book Magda Egoumenides advances a distinctive approach to the problem of justifying political institutions that she calls ‘critical philosophical anarchism’. After critically assessing a variety of justifications of state authority, Egoumenides distinguishes her own view from other forms of philosophical anarchism by locating it firmly within a more comprehensive anarchist theory. The result is a book that raises serious questions about the existing literature on political obligation, while also offering a controversial and challenging alternative; and in the process Egoumenides does much to revive the vitality of anarchist thinking. * John Horton, Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy at Keele University, UK *Magda Egoumenides has done us the great service of keeping critical philosophical anarchism on the agenda of political philosophy. While not quite arguing for a anarchist position herself, Egoumenides demonstrates the importance of taking both the critical perspective and the positive insights of anarchism seriously. She reminds us that the existence of the state and the scope of its activities always face substantial moral challenge, and the battle for state legitimacy has to be fought and won on very difficult terrain. And she convincingly shows that anarchist theorists can also face challenges in living up to their own standards. This is a fresh and incisive contribution to the debate. * Jonathan Wolff, Professor of Philosophy, University College London, UK *Philosophical Anarchism and Political Obligation speaks very cautiously and constructively to three constituencies: political philosophers who are troubled by the fundamental problem of political obligation; philosophical anarchists who are troubled by the grounds for and implications of their position; and political anarchists who are troubled by the fact that most people do not share their revolutionary point of view. As a member of all three constituencies, I find the book especially valuable. * Paul McLaughlin, Senior Lecturer, University of Tartu, Estonia *Magda Egoumenides’ Philosophical Anarchism and Political Obligation is a rigorous and knowledgeable account of the analytic philosophical reading of anarchism. Egoumenides perceptively extends the scope of philosophical anarchism’s critique of ‘political obligation’ to contemporary anarchist and liberal theorists and arguments. It is a highly relevant text for all those engaged in this tradition. * Benjamin Franks, Lecturer, University of Glasgow, Scotland *Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1. THE VARIETY OF ANARCHISMS. DEFINING CRITICAL PHILOSOPHICAL ANARCHISM WITHIN THE CURRENT DEBATE ON ANARCHISM 2. THE MAIN PARTS AND UNDERLYING IDEAS OF MY ARGUMENT CHAPTER ONE: WHAT THE PROBLEM IS 1.1. THE PROBLEM OF POLITICAL OBLIGATION 1.1.i. The Correlativity Thesi 1.1.ii. The Two Main Aspects of the Problem of Political Obligation 1.1.iii. Quality-Based and Interaction-Based Evaluations of Political Institutions 1.1.iv. The Conditions of Political Obligation 1.2. THE PARADOX OF AUTHORITY 1.3. DISSOLVING THE PARADOX: ROUSSEAU AS A PARADIGM OF STATE JUSTIFICATION 1.4. RAZ’S THEORY AS AN ILLUSTRATION 1.5. THE ARGUMENT FOR CRITICAL PHILOSOPHICAL ANARCHISM 1.5.1. An Alternative to Prominent Positions on the State 1.5.2. Improving the Way Critical Philosophical Anarchists See Their Position. Simmons’ Theory as an Illustration 1.5.2.i. Simmons’ Theory 1.5.2.ii. Specific Arguments against Simmons 1.5.2.iii. A More General Departure from Simmons’ Approach 1.6. CONCLUSION CHAPTER TWO.: THE LIMITS OF VOLUNTARISM 2.1. AN ANARCHIST CRITICISM OF VOLUNTARIST THEORIES OF POLITICAL OBLIGATION 2.1.1. Actual Consent 2.1.2. Tacit Consent 2.1.3. Hypothetical Consent 2.1.4. Raz on Consent 2.1.5. Social Contract Theories 2.1.6. A Defense of Hypothetical Contractualism 2.2. DISMISSING THE CONCEPTUAL ARGUMENT FOR POLITICAL OBLIGATION 2.3. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ANARCHIST CRITICISM OF CONSENT CHAPTER THREE: AN ANARCHIST CRITIQUE OF THE RAWLSIAN IDEA OF A NATURAL DUTY OF JUSTICE 3.1. RAWLS’ THEORY AND THE NATURAL DUTY OF JUSTICE 3.2. AN ANARCHIST CRITICISM OF THE NATURAL DUTY OF JUSTICE 3.2.1. Against the Justice of Political Institutions as a Ground of Political Obligation 3.2.2. The Argument Arising from Particularity 3.2.3. Rawls and Particularity 3.2.4. Self-Governance, Equality, and the Role of General Moral Principles 3.3. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ANARCHIST CRITICISM OF NATURAL DUTY CHAPTER FOUR: THE FAILURE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS AS AN ACCOUNT OF POLITICAL OBLIGATION 4.1. THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS 4.2. "TRIVIALITY," "SUCCESS," AND "JUSTICE" 4.3. THE ANARCHIST CRITICISM OF THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS 4.3.1. "Receipt" versus "Acceptance" 4.3.1.i. Objections to Understanding Fairness Obligations in Terms of "Receipt" 4.3.1.ii. Klosko’s Defense of "Receipt" 4.3.1.iii. Simmons on "Acceptance" 4.3.1.iv. The Significance of "Acceptance” 4.3.2. Fairness, Political Obligation, and the Idea of Societies as "Schemes of Social Cooperation" 4.4. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ANARCHIST CRITICISM OF THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS CHAPTER FIVE: HORTON REVISITED 5.1.HORTON’S PRELIMINARY ARGUMENTS FOR ASSOCIATIVE POLITICAL OBLIGATIONS 5.1.1. About a Non-Voluntarist Contract Theory 5.1.2. On the Communitarian Approach 5.1.3. Against Associative Political Obligations 5.2. HORTON’S CONSTRUCTIVE ACCOUNT OF ASSOCIATIVE POLITICAL OBLIGATIONS AND THE ANARCHIST CHALLENGE 5.2.1. The Significance of Membership Argument 5.2.2. The Hobbesian, or Value, Argument 5.2.3. The Associative Argument 5.2.4. The Anarchist Challenge 5.3. THE CHALLENGE FROM MORAL UNIVERSALISM 5.4. CONCLUDING REMARKS: THE VALUE OF HORTON’S ASSOCIATIVE THEORY CHAPTER SIX: WHERE FRIENDS OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND ANARCHISTS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT 6.1. NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE POINTS RESULTING FROM THE ANARCHIST CRITICISMS 6.1.1. The Negative Conclusions 6.1.2. The Positive Conclusions 6.1.3. The Implications of the Anarchist Challenge for Political Thought and Practice 6.2. THE CONTRIBUTION OF CRITICAL PHILOSOPHICAL ANARCHISM 6.2.1. The Anarchist Perspective 6.2.2. The Significance of the Question of Obligation 6.2.3. Justification as an Endless Process 6.2.4. The Anarchist Ideal of Legitimacy 6.3. CONCLUSION CHAPTER SEVEN: ANARCHISM: PHILOSOPHICAL AND POLITICAL 7.1. THE TASKS OF POLITICAL ANARCHISTS 7.2. A CRITICAL PHILOSOPHICAL ANARCHIST CRITIQUE OF BOOKCHIN’S ANARCHIST POLITICAL PROGRAM 7.2.1. Bookchin Revisited 7.2.2. A Poststructuralist Intervention 7.2.3. The Gordonian "Anarchy Alive!" 7.3. ANARCHIST APPROACHES TO CONCRETE DILEMMAS CONCLUSION OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY

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