The Operating System
Subtitle: An Anarchist Theory of the Modern State
By: Eric Laursen
Publisher: AK Press
Published: 2021
Language: eng
Format: ebook (epub)
ISBN-13: 9781849353885
Copyright date: 2021
First sentence: Hoping to soak up every last bit of partisan advantage in the face of continuing mass protests against African American deaths at the hands of police, U.S. president Donald J. Trump picked a most familiar ideological scapegoat.
Table of contents: title: Foreword, by Maia Ramnath; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: Toward an Anarchist Theory of the State; label: I.
title: The State and COVID-19; label: II.
title: Understanding the State; label: III.
title: Versions of the Operating System; label: IV.
title: Characteristics of the System, 1: Ways and Means; title: V. Characteristics of the System, 2: Motivations and Drivers; label: VI.
title: Characteristics of the System, 3: Distinguishing Features and Preferences; label: VII.
title: Why Are We against the State?; label: VIII.
title: Shaking Off the State; title: Conclusion: We Create Our Own Reality; title: Notes; title: Index