Anarchy, Geography, Modernity
Subtitle: Selected Writings of Elisée Reclus
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oakland, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781604864298
Description: Anarchy, Geography, Modernity is the first comprehensive introduction to the thought of Elisée Reclus, the great anarchist geographer and political theorist. It shows him to be an extraordinary figure for his age. Not only an anarchist but also a radical feminist, anti-racist, ecologist, animal rights advocate, cultural radical, nudist, and vegetarian. Not only a major social thinker but also a dedicated revolutionary.

The work analyzes Reclus' greatest achievement, a sweeping historical and theoretical synthesis recounting the story of the earth and humanity as an epochal struggle between freedom and domination. It presents his groundbreaking critique of all forms of domination: not only capitalism, the state, and authoritarian religion, but also patriarchy, racism, technological domination, and the domination of nature. His crucial insights on the interrelation between personal and small-group transformation, broader cultural change, and large-scale social organization are explored. Reclus’ ideas are presented both through detailed exposition and analysis, and in extensive translations of key texts, most appearing in English for the first time.
Notes: with an introductory essay by John Clark
Table of contents: title: Preface to the PM Press Edition
pagenum: vii; title: Preface to the First Edition
pagenum: xi; label: PART I
title: AN INTRODUCTION TO RECLUS’ SOCIAL THOUGHT
pagenum: 3; label: 1
title: The Earth Story, the Human Story
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: The Anarchist Geographer
pagenum: 8; label: 3
title: The Dialectic of Nature and Culture
pagenum: 16; label: 4
title: A Philosophy of Progress
pagenum: 35; label: 5
title: Anarchism and Social Transformation
pagenum: 52; label: 6
title: The Critique of Domination
pagenum: 74; label: 7
title: The Legacy of Reclus: Liberty, Equality, Geography
pagenum: 99; label: PART II
title: SELECTED WRITINGS OF ELISEE RECLUS
pagenum: 103; label: 8
title: The Feeling for Nature in Modern Society (1866)
pagenum: 103; label: 9
title: To My Brother the Peasant (1893)
pagenum: 113; label: 10
title: Anarchy (1894)
pagenum: 120; label: 11
title: The Extended Family (1896)
pagenum: 132; label: 12
title: Evolution, Revolution, and the Anarchist Ideal (1898)
pagenum: 138; label: 13
title: On Vegetarianism (1901)
pagenum: 156; label: 14
title: The History of Cities (1905)
pagenum: 163; label: 15
title: The Modern State (1905)
pagenum: 186; label: 16
title: Culture and Property (1905)
pagenum: 202; label: 17
title: Progress (1905)
pagenum: 208; label: 18
title: Advice to My Anarchist Comrades (1901)
pagenum: 234; title: notes
pagenum: 236; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY
pagenum: 264; title: INDEX
pagenum: 271; title: ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
pagenum: 283