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Author Ryley, Peter

Title Making another world possible : anarchism, anti-capitalism and ecology in late 19th and early 20th century Britain / by Peter Ryley
Published New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Contemporary Anarchist Studies
Contemporary anarchist studies.
Contents FC; Half title; Contemporary Anarchist Studies; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Preface; 1 Property and progress: The emergence of anarchist political economy; 2 Kropotkin and the rise of anarchist communism; 3 The English individualists; 4 Individualist anarchism in late Victorian Britain; 5 Anarchist communism in the era of outrage; 6 The rise of ecological anarchism; Elisée Reclus and Patrick Geddes; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary Making Another World Possible identifies the British contribution to the genealogy of modern green and anti-capitalist thinking by examining left libertarian ideologies in the late 19th and early 20th century Britain and highlighting their influence on present day radical thought. As capitalism heralded the triumph of technology, greater production, and a new urban industrial society, some imagined alternatives to this notion of progress based on endless economic growth. The book examines the development of ideas from these dissidents who included communists, class warriors, free thinkers, sec
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Anarchism -- Great Britain -- History
Environmentalism -- Great Britain -- History
Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History
Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain -- History
Political science & theory.
Social & political philosophy.
Anarchism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Anarchism.
Anarchism
Capitalism -- Social aspects
Economic development -- Environmental aspects
Environmentalism
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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