Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:45:21 -0800 (PST)
From: "J.M. Adams" <ringfingers-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: [postanarchism] Help Me Brainstorm to Replace "The Postanarchism Reader"!


Hey All,

Several of the contributors to the book proposal I am
putting together, which was originally to be called
"The Postanarchism Reader: Writings at the
Intersection of Anarchism and Poststructuralism" have
stated that while they are sympathetic to the subject
of the interplay between the two, they dont like the
term postanarchism as they dont want to get labeled as
such, which allows for simplistic dismissals. I too
have my reservations about this term as it seems that
no matter what, even when it is explicitly stated that
like Laclau and Mouffe say about post-Marxism, that it
does not mean a wholesale rejection of anarchism as
such but rather something more eclectic in that it is
both POSTanarchist and postANARCHIST, that even still,
people only hear the latter of the two. So I was
hoping that people would be interested in helping me
brainstorm for a better title that would not be
subject to this problem - so far the best I have come
up with is:

"Theory and Anarchy: Writings at the Intersection of
Anarchist Political Thought and Contemporary Critical
Theory" 

I also thought of:

 "Eternal Return: The Anarchism of Critical Theory and
the Critical Theory of Anarchism"

The thing is that I want the title to not be limited
to poststructuralism but to also allow for
postcolonialism, phenomenology, existentialism, the
Frankfurt School, etc. so I think the term "theory" or
"critical theory" covers all of these better than
"poststructuralism". I also want it to be clear that
the discussion is not about how poststructuralism in
particular is "better" than anarchism as some have
taken it, but rather that the mutual penetration of
contemporary critical theory and anarchism can be a
positive development for both. How can this be
expressed in a title? Any ideas?

Jason

===="“Marx says, revolutions are the locomotives of world history.  But perhaps it is really totally different.  Perhaps revolutions are the grasp by the human race traveling in this train for the emergency brake.” 

- Walter Benjamin

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