Anarchy after Leftism

by Bob Black

Book Overview

A reply to, and an assault on, Murray Bookchin's essay "Social Anarchism Or Lifestyle Anarchism", Bookchin himself, Bookchinism, and so called "anarcho-leftism". A brilliant, incisive - and often humoristic - essay, by one of the most prominent contemporary anarchist writter.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447878337
• ISBN13: 9781447878339
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Black a very important voice

I was taken with the ideas of Murray Bookchin until I read this book. So I had to ask myself, "How could I have missed these obvious points?" As Mr. Black so aptly says, "Mr. Bookchin is no anarchist." This book takes Bookchin's philosophy apart piece-by-piece in easy to understand language. But more than that, this book lays out some of the more obvious and important philosophy of anarchy. Bob Black is an important voice and one that should be listened to if we are to leave the left behind, as the previous reviewer so aptly states, and finally change our world.

Bob Black is aptly named

Having read several Bob Black's books, I must say that this is one of his finest. He is the most intelligent of the anarchist writers out there. He makes an incredible argument against social ecology and Murray Bookchin as the "Left that Was". In order for Anarchy to have a decent shot-we (anarchists) need to leave the left behind. I also highly recommend his "Abolition of Work" as the definitive word on no-work philosophy. Highly recommended.