The Political Theory of Anarchism

by April Carter

Book Overview

Anarchism is a significant but relatively neglected of political thought. April Carter examines the anarchist critique of the state, of bureaucracy, of democratic government and contrasts this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061316040
• ISBN13: 9780061316043
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Haper Torchbooks (Harper & Row)
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A must-read for the true conservative.

April Carter, The Political Theory of Anarchism (Harper, 1971)A slim book, but a very difficult read. Carter's survey of the anarchist movement over the past couple of hundred years isn't comprehensive, but it's enough to show even the casual reader that the image of the anarchist in the popular imagination is completely backwards. In fact, the vision of anarchy presented by the sources Carter gives us here (everyone from Marx to Bakunin) sounds quite a bit like hard-right American conservatism. Yes, go back and read that again, you heard me right. This book is a must-read for all true American conservatives (i.e., those who still believe in government decentralism and haven't fallen under the sway of the religious right). Many of the ideas here are more modern takes on those presented in Mill, de Tocqueville, and other writers who should inhabit the shelf of sacred writings for every conservative; the anarchists have already done much of the necessary work in updating them for a technological world, all you have to do is follow along for the ride and further modify them for the information age. Seek this out. ****