by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 10, 2016 | art, bey, bookchin, chaos, liberty
Hakim Bey Since absolutely nothing can be predicated with any real certainty as to the “true nature of things”, all projects (as Nietzsche says) can only be “founded on nothing.” And yet there must be a project—if only because we ourselves...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 10, 2016 | bey, bookchin, chaos, taz
adapted from Murray Bookchin — Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm One of the most unsavory examples of lifestyle anarchism is Hakim Bey’s (aka Peter Lamborn Wilson) T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchism,...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 8, 2016 | bookchin, confederalism, liberty
Social anarchism is made of fundamentally different stuff, heir to the Enlightenment tradition, with due regard to that tradition’s limits and incompleteness. Depending upon how it defines reason, social anarchism celebrates the thinking mind without in any way...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 8, 2016 | bookchin, liberty
Contrary to the cosmic order, there are some days in history that do not rise up. In order to appear, these new things disguise themselves and possibly their borrowed dress, yesterday’s will stifle them. This fragile moment is also that of human decision...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 7, 2016 | anarchism, bookchin, history, liberty, locke
adapted from Murray Bookchin — Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm Ideological individualism did not fade away altogether during this 19th century period of sweeping social unrest. A sizable reservoir of individualist anarchists,...
