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Creating Anarchy
Ron Sakolsky is a rare anarchist for a variety of reasons, including his longevity, his intellectual pursuits (especially challenging academia), and his embrace of art and the surrealists, a tendency that is not strong among modern anarchists and one that could stand to be renewed.
Creating Anarchy is a collection of his writings and art pieces by some surrealist friends, reflecting his interests and thinking over the past couple of decades. This new edition includes more recent pieces (including the particularly relevant "My Life in the Academic Gulag", in which he discusses how and if one can maintain anarchist positions within the academy) and a new introduction.
Shockingly, this Ardent Press reprint is less expensive than the initial Fifth Estate edition, so enjoy!
Creating Anarchy is a collection of his writings and art pieces by some surrealist friends, reflecting his interests and thinking over the past couple of decades. This new edition includes more recent pieces (including the particularly relevant "My Life in the Academic Gulag", in which he discusses how and if one can maintain anarchist positions within the academy) and a new introduction.
Shockingly, this Ardent Press reprint is less expensive than the initial Fifth Estate edition, so enjoy!
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First published January 1, 2005
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July 17, 2013
This book reeks of anti-globalization era liberal activism.
Art, poetry, music, etc.–the whole Surrealist project–is neither revolutionary nor confrontational. Almost all of the pieces are boringly written and have all the usual buzzwords (justice, democracy, consensus) that make me nauseous.
The only slightly redeeming essay in here is "Surrealist Desire, Anarchy & the Poetry of Revolt," if only because it is historical rather than personal/experiential. I'm shocked an otherwise amazing publisher would release this.
Art, poetry, music, etc.–the whole Surrealist project–is neither revolutionary nor confrontational. Almost all of the pieces are boringly written and have all the usual buzzwords (justice, democracy, consensus) that make me nauseous.
The only slightly redeeming essay in here is "Surrealist Desire, Anarchy & the Poetry of Revolt," if only because it is historical rather than personal/experiential. I'm shocked an otherwise amazing publisher would release this.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews