Difference between revisions of "List of Anarchist Books"

Revision as of 01:32, 16 December 2009

Anarchism and Libertarian Socialism have been the subjects of a number of works of literature, both nonfiction and fiction. This is a partial list of notable writers of both historical and theoretical nature. This list is meant to provide a starting ground on which to access the bodies of knowledge concerning anarchism and it's closely related philosophies.

Online Resources for Anarchist Literature

It is common for anarchists today to disseminate anarchist literature by means of online internet archives and there are many open source resources such as Project Gutenberg which contain the majority of literature that have expired copyright restrictions.

• Spunk Library -An online database of anarchist literature and news sources
• The Anarchist Library - A comprehensive, non-sectarian archive of anarchist texts

Historical Nonfiction

• Murray Bookchin: The Spanish Anarchists - The Heroic Years

Classical and Contemporary Anarchist Theorists

The following is a partial list of notable nonfiction works discussing anarchist theory predating the 21st century. Works by Proudhon and Bukhanin are considered to be the foundation of anarchist thought. These thinkers and their writings are often considered the predecessors of modern anarchism and libertarian socialist thought. Anarchism has been heavily influenced by and intertwined with the philosophy of freedom, reflected in works by Hegel and Nietzsche.

(~) means same author

Economics

See also: Anarchist economics

• Diego Abad de Santillán - After the Revolution
• Michael Albert - Parecon: Life After Capitalism
• Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel - A Quiet Revolution in Welfare Economics

Template:Expand-section

Primitivist

• John Zerzan:
  • Elements of Refusal
  • Future Primitive And Other Essays
  • Against Civilization: A Reader
  • Running On Emptiness
• Derrick Jensen:
  • The Culture of Make Believe
  • A Language Older Than Words
  • Endgame
• Pierre Clastres:
  • Archeology of Violence
• Feral Faun:
  • Feral Revolution
• Stanley Diamond:
  • In Search of the Primitive
• Chellis Glendinning:
  • My Name is Chellis, and I'm in Recovery From Western Civilization
• Theodore Kaczynski
  • Industrial Society and Its Future

Fiction

See also: list of fictional anarchists

Some fictional books display anarchy in a positive light:

• V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
• The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
• Ishmael and other books by Daniel Quinn
• The Adventures of Tintin: Breaking Free
• The Probability Broach by L. Neil Smith

See also

• Anarchism and the arts