Antropoloji Ekoloji ve Anarşizm

by Brian Morris

Anarşist antropolojinin en önemli isimlerinden Brian Morris’in uzun yıllara yayılan makalelerinden oluşan bu derleme antropoloji, ekoloji ve anarşizm arasındaki yakın bağlar üzerinden hem insan öznesinin toplum ve doğayla ilişkisini hem de anarşizmin düşünsel ve politik düzlemde ortaya çıkış biçimlerini inceliyor.

Morris yardımlaşma, medeniyet, karşılıklılık, hâkimiyet, maneviyat, bireycilik, kimlik gibi insan öznesinin toplum ve doğayla ilişkisinin temel meselelerini avcı toplayıcı toplumlardan günümüze dek ele alırken sosyal bilimlerin farklı alanlarından konuyla ilgili belli başlı tartışmaları ve yapıtaşı metinleri analiz ediyor.

“Brian Morris’in derin ekolojiyi hedef alan sıradışı eleştirisine ekleyebileceğim çok az şey var… İsabetli olduğu kadar içgörülü… Yazılarını eğitici bir deneyim olarak gördüm.”
Murray Bookchin

Genres: Anthropology, Politics, Ecology, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Nature

328 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2014

About the author

Brian Morris (born 1936) is emeritus professor of anthropology at Goldsmiths College at the University of London. He is a specialist on folk taxonomy, ethnobotany and ethnozoology, and on religion and symbolism.

He has carried out fieldwork among South Asian hunter-gatherers and in Malawi. Groups that he has studied include the Ojibwa.

Leaving school at the age of fifteen, Brian Morris had a varied career: foundry worker, seaman, and tea-planter in Malawi, before becoming a university teacher. Now Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, he is the author of numerous articles and books on ethnobotany, religion and symbolism, hunter-gatherer societies and concepts of the individual.

His books include Richard Jefferies and the Ecological Vision (2006), Religion and Anthropology: A Critical Introduction(2006), Insects and Human Life (2004) and Kropotkin: The Politics of Community (2004). Black Rose Books is also the publisher of hisBakunin: The Philosophy of Freedom (1993) and the forthcoming Anarchist Miscellany.

Reviews

[Michael Clevenger · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an OUTSTANDING collection of essays gathered from obscure journals from Dr. Brian Morris, professor emeritus of anthropology at Goldsmiths College, London.

It is an excellent introduction to various strains of anarchism, particularly the political philosophy of Murray Bookchin and Peter Kropotkin, although he covers many other strains. While academic and broad in scope, each essay is only 10-12 pages. Really surprised there are no reviews for this text. Will be passing it along to folks.

[Miguel Vian · Rating 3 out of 5]

El interés de los artículos es bastante irregular, y hay muchos temas que se repiten demasiado entre ellos. Habría sido más razonable hacer una revisión conjunta de toda la colección para ofrecer un libro, en conjunto, más interesante. Es el último ensayo, en el que el autor recuerda su experiencia etnográfica entre los Malai Pandaram y su estado de anarquía, el que tiene más interés, con mucha diferencia.

[Jemma Z · Rating 4 out of 5]

At times I found Morris’s style tedious and his idolization of early anarchists too uncritical to be taken at face value, but the four stars is for his examination of the intellectual legacy of anarchism and the anarchist movement. This book is a great survey and provides a jumping off point for further inquiry.

[Jun Ogata · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's good information here, but I just didn't enjoy reading any of it. Basically... I was bored. Some essays are interesting, some aren't. You can fill a text with a bunch of solid info and discussion, but that sadly doesn't automatically make it compelling. I'll probably still use this book as a resource from time to time.

[Suryashekhar Biswas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brian Morris doesn't shy away from the anarchist credentials that he's forever advocated for even while he provides academically rigorous (yet easily fathomable) studies.

[Omace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Decent book if a bit too polemical when it comes to criticism of postmodernism