From: "Don Anderson" <simmers-AT-mindspring.com>
Subject: [postanarchism] enviolence?
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 00:31:12 -0700


Tom,

I appreciate your strong statements of the affinity of anarchy and nonviolence.  I wonder though, about how nonviolence as more than a tactic can be formulated in an anarchic way.  Anarchy, to my understanding, and I think many will agree, is not to be taken as an "ism" in any ordinary sense as an infallible principle or a dogma, but as a value that in its implementation may not turn out to be consistent or always possible -- and which is not dependent on any other outcome -- anarchism may be an appeal to justice, in some way, but not to righteousness.  Practically this is more a strength than a weakness, even if it has a "limp" to it.  My point is, how like this is your idea of nonviolence?  Can *nonviolence* as a guiding principle be anarchic in this sense?  Its hard for me to see how it could -- and correct me please if you addressed this and I missed it, but isn't *non*violence itself a negating term, in its own way postal?  If so, how to think beyond this?  What would *enviolence* be like, if I may ask?

Thank you for your interesting posts, I hope my questions are not too fuzzy to be of any use...

Don


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