Anarchism, Literature & the Problem of Representation | Frankie Hines | Anarchist Essays Episode 39
Channel: Anarchism Research Group Loughborough
Date: 2022-07-19

In this essay, Frankie Hines argues that an anarchist #literarytheory requires engaging with the anarchist critique of #representation and considering possibilities for non-representational literary modes. Rather than looking for representations of reality, he argues anarchist #literature should instead be read for the political effects it produces; that is, as a form of #directaction.

Frankie Hines received his PhD in English Literature from the University of Westminster in 2021, submitting a thesis entitled Evading Representation: The Literature of Contemporary U.S. Anarchism. He is the author of  "‘A movement that renovates people, as well as buildings’: squatting and neodomestic space in Seth Tobocman’s War in the Neighborhood”, published in Textual Practice in 2021.

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