A01=Chris Wyatt
Anarchist advanced selfhood
Author_Chris Wyatt
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Dealienated labour
Economic democracy
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Freedom as autonomy
Guild socialism
Left-libertarian political economy
Reflective consumption
Self-legislation
Social anarchist organisation
Worker-managed cooperatives
Product details
- ISBN 9781526191533
- Weight: 319g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Associational anarchism presents a ground-breaking alternative to both liberal democracy and state socialism, derived from the ideas of Karl Marx and G. D. H. Cole. Uniting the public sphere of citizenship with the private sphere of production in a system of communal ownership, the book proposes a scheme of horizontal networks held together through libertarian politics. With no role for a centralised state, the functions of coordination and administration are fulfilled through pluralist self-governance. Political intermediation proceeds via a web of functional associations, which operate within a system of revitalised communities, while management is carried out through modes of self-regulation that embody the key anarchist values of equality, solidarity and mutual-aid.
Chris Wyatt is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Brighton
