Anarchism: Left, Right and Green

By Ulrike Heider

German scholar on leading US anarchist theorists This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872862895
• ISBN13: 9780872862890
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: City Lights Publishers
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Not Great, But Worth It

For the person who wants a pretty good overview of anarchism, this is definitely the book with which to start. Yes, it is way too short, but there are so many books on anarchism that one can afford a brief introduction to the subject. However, there are a few unacceptable aspects to this text which I shall go into now. First of all, Heider sacrifices obectvivity for a critical stance. This is especially the case when it comes to the section on right-wing anarchist thought (libertarianism, objectivism (Randianism), anarcho-capitalism). Now, I am not an rightist anarchist but, in all fairness, Heider treats the subject with less than scholarly precision. I may not be a follower of Rand or Rothbard, but I still would like to know what they think without all the petty sarcasm. Lastly, Heider ignores council communism and amazing thinkers like Pannekoek and Gorter who were all but against "the State." Also, a critique of Lenin's theory of a vanguard party as opposed to the so-called spontanaiety of the working class would have been an excellent addition. Still, you should get the book.