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Creating Anarchy is a collection of essays and surrealist artworks by Ron Sakolsky that explores the many facets of anarchism from the 1990s to the present. The anthology covers themes such as Mayday, Utopia, Refusal, Autonomy, Insurrection, and Imagination, offering a dynamic and reflective examination of an anarchist worldview. The volume is rich with personal reflections, critical scholarship, and playful humor. Sakolsky discusses maintaining anarchist positions within academic institutions in his piece “My Life in the Academic Gulag” and includes new introductions that frame the work’s historical and intellectual context. Artists and collaborators contribute surrealist pieces that complement the essays, making this edition both a manifesto and a creative assemblage of ideas and action that invites readers to challenge despair and envision a dream‑laden anarchy.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Politics & Government/Political Theory
Authors: Ron Sakolsky
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