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Book SynopsisColin Ward was one of the most significant thinkers and activists of the British anarchist movement in the twentieth century. He was a prolific journalist who had a profound impact on political thought, most notably through his works on urban life, housing, squatters, children and criminology. Contributors focus on Ward's life and works, including analyses of: his contribution to the resurgence of anarchist journalism through War Commentary and Freedom; his impact on other activists; the relationship between his form of anarchism and the evolving New Left; how Ward's 'practical anarchism' was influenced by the works of Peter Kropotkin; Ward's Englishness; the contributions he made to British social policy in the post-war period; and his endorsement of the seemingly incompatible movements of social anarchism and lifestyle anarchism.
Table of Contents1. Carl Levy Introduction: Colin Ward (1924-2010) 2. Peter Marshall Colin Ward: Sower of anarchist ideas 3. Pietro Di Paola 'The man who knows his village': Colin Ward and Freedom Press 4. David Goodway Colin Ward and the New Left 5. Brian Morris Colin Ward and Kropotkin's legacy 6. Carissa Honeywell Colin Ward: Anarchism and social policy 7. Robert Graham Colin Ward: Anarchy and organisation 8. Stuart White Social anarchism, lifestyle anarchism, & the anarchism of Colin Ward
