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In the last few years, anarchism has been rediscovered as a
transnational, cosmopolitan and multifaceted movement. Its
traditions, often hastily dismissed, are increasingly revealing
insights which inspire present-day scholarship in geography. This
book provides a historical geography of anarchism, analysing the
places and spatiality of historical anarchist movements, key
thinkers, and the present scientific challenges of the geographical
anarchist traditions. This volume offers rich and detailed insights
into the lesser-known worlds of anarchist geographies with
contributions from international leading experts. It also explores
the historical geographies of anarchism by examining their
expressions in a series of distinct geographical contexts and their
development over time. Contributions examine the changes that the
anarchist movement(s) sought to bring out in their space and time,
and the way this spirit continues to animate the anarchist
geographies of our own, perhaps often in unpredictable ways. There
is also an examination of contemporary expressions of anarchist
geographical thought in the fields of social movements,
environmental struggles, post-statist geographies, indigenous
thinking and situated cosmopolitanisms. This is valuable reading
for students and researchers interested in historical geography,
political geography, social movements and anarchism.
The 'new sharing economy' is a growing phenomenon across the Global
North. It claims to transform relationships of production and
consumption in a way that can improve our lives, reduce
environmental impacts, and reduce the cost of living. Amidst
various economic, environmental, and other crises, this message has
strong resonance. Yet, it is not without controversy, and there
have been heated debates over negative dimensions for workers and
consumers alike. This book stretches far beyond the sharing economy
as it is popularly defined, and explores the complex intersections
of 'sharing' and 'the economy', and how a better understanding of
these relationships might help us address the multiple crises that
confront contemporary societies. The contributors to this book
explore a wide diversity of sharing systems and practices from
various empirical case studies, ranging from hospitality to
seed-swapping, and from indigenous land rights to alcohol
consumption. In each chapter, a different crisis or vulnerability
frames and shapes the study, allowing contributors to unpick the
ways in which crisis and sharing relate to each other in real life.
The book is divided into three thematic sections. Following an
extended introduction to the themes and ideas of the book by the
editors, the first section foregrounds the shaping of sharing
practices by already existing or anticipated crises. The second
section focuses on the lived relations between sharing and economic
practice. In the third section, authors conclude the book by
exploring the possibilities and challenges for creating alternative
economic forms grounded in practices of sharing. This edited volume
makes a major, original contribution towards academic
understandings of sharing economies in the context of crises. It is
suitable for both students and academics who are interested in
political economy, economic geography and consumption.
In the last few years, anarchism has been rediscovered as a
transnational, cosmopolitan and multifaceted movement. Its
traditions, often hastily dismissed, are increasingly revealing
insights which inspire present-day scholarship in geography. This
book provides a historical geography of anarchism, analysing the
places and spatiality of historical anarchist movements, key
thinkers, and the present scientific challenges of the geographical
anarchist traditions. This volume offers rich and detailed insights
into the lesser-known worlds of anarchist geographies with
contributions from international leading experts. It also explores
the historical geographies of anarchism by examining their
expressions in a series of distinct geographical contexts and their
development over time. Contributions examine the changes that the
anarchist movement(s) sought to bring out in their space and time,
and the way this spirit continues to animate the anarchist
geographies of our own, perhaps often in unpredictable ways. There
is also an examination of contemporary expressions of anarchist
geographical thought in the fields of social movements,
environmental struggles, post-statist geographies, indigenous
thinking and situated cosmopolitanisms. This is valuable reading
for students and researchers interested in historical geography,
political geography, social movements and anarchism.
The logic of the state has come to define social and spatial
relations, embedding itself into our understandings of the world
and our place in it. Anthony Ince and Gerónimo Barrera de la Torre
challenge this logic as the central pivot around which knowledge
and life orbit, by exposing its vulnerabilities, contradictions
and, crucially, alternatives. Society Despite the State disrupts
the dominance of state-centric modes of thinking by presenting a
radical political geography framework inspired by anarchist thought
and practice. The book also draws on a broad range of voices that
hold affinities with Western anarchism but also exceed it. The book
challenges radical scholars to confront and understand the state
through a gaze and set of intellectual tools that the authors have
termed 'post-statism'. In de-centring the state’s operational
logics and rationalities, the authors incorporate a variety of
threads to build a picture of an alternative way of understanding
and challenging statism’s effects on our spatial and political
imaginations.
The 'new sharing economy' is a growing phenomenon across the Global
North. It claims to transform relationships of production and
consumption in a way that can improve our lives, reduce
environmental impacts, and reduce the cost of living. Amidst
various economic, environmental, and other crises, this message has
strong resonance. Yet, it is not without controversy, and there
have been heated debates over negative dimensions for workers and
consumers alike. This book stretches far beyond the sharing economy
as it is popularly defined, and explores the complex intersections
of 'sharing' and 'the economy', and how a better understanding of
these relationships might help us address the multiple crises that
confront contemporary societies. The contributors to this book
explore a wide diversity of sharing systems and practices from
various empirical case studies, ranging from hospitality to
seed-swapping, and from indigenous land rights to alcohol
consumption. In each chapter, a different crisis or vulnerability
frames and shapes the study, allowing contributors to unpick the
ways in which crisis and sharing relate to each other in real life.
The book is divided into three thematic sections. Following an
extended introduction to the themes and ideas of the book by the
editors, the first section foregrounds the shaping of sharing
practices by already existing or anticipated crises. The second
section focuses on the lived relations between sharing and economic
practice. In the third section, authors conclude the book by
exploring the possibilities and challenges for creating alternative
economic forms grounded in practices of sharing. This edited volume
makes a major, original contribution towards academic
understandings of sharing economies in the context of crises. It is
suitable for both students and academics who are interested in
political economy, economic geography and consumption.
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