Anarchism

by George Woodcock

Book Overview

To what degree can anarchism be an effective organized movement? Is it realistic to think of anarchist ideas ever forming the basis for social life itself? These questions are widely being asked again today in response to the forces of economic globalization. The framework for such discussions was perhaps given its most memorable shape, however, in George Woodcock's classic study of anarchism--now widely recognized as the most significant twentieth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551116294
• ISBN13: 9781551116297
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Incisive Survey

Though it has now been supplanted, or to put it more mildly, updated, by Peter Marshall's more recent "Demanding the Impossible", Woodcock's history remains nonetheless an incisive and extremely readable survey. A superb introduction to anarchist thought.