Anarchism and Social Revolution: An Anarchist Politics of the Transitionary State

Williams, Brian

Anarchism and Social Revolution: An Anarchist Politics of the Transitionary State
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-10-03
  • 售價: $4,690
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 412
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 303139464X
  • ISBN-13: 9783031394645

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商品描述

This monograph provides an update to anarchist philosophy, advocating for a paradigm shift beyond neoliberalism and liberal democracy. The book's central thesis has two components. First, it is argued that the maximization of equal liberty requires historical progress beyond the sovereign state system. In contrast to Fukuyama's (1992) argument that liberal democracy is the end of history, it is argued that liberalism contains two contradictions (socioeconomic inequality and the shortcoming in equal liberty inherent to state power) with the potential to propel history further. This book's argument - libertarian social democracy - provides a framework to guide that final stage of history.

Second, while anarchist philosophy offers a vision beyond the sovereign state, it can be rendered more suitable as an alternative paradigm. Specifically, it is argued that anarchism is hampered by its traditional adherence to prefigurative strategy, according towhich the state cannot be used as a means to achieve a free and equal society. By contrast, libertarian social democracy incorporates a role for a democratic transitionary state (described here as gradualist anarchism) thus addressing mainstream "Hobbesian" concerns about bad anarchy (where decentralization yields a net loss in equal liberty). In so doing, the book reveals the full spectrum of anarchist strategy from prefigurative to gradualist.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本專著對無政府主義哲學進行了更新，主張超越新自由主義和自由民主的範式轉變。書中的核心論點包含兩個部分。首先，論證指出，最大化平等自由需要超越主權國家體系的歷史進步。與福山（Fukuyama, 1992）所主張的自由民主是歷史終結的觀點相對，這裡認為自由主義包含兩個矛盾（社會經濟不平等和國家權力固有的平等自由缺陷），這些矛盾有潛力推動歷史進一步發展。本書的論點——自由主義社會民主——提供了一個框架，以指導歷史的最終階段。

其次，雖然無政府主義哲學提供了一個超越主權國家的願景，但它可以被調整得更適合作為替代範式。具體而言，論證指出無政府主義受到其傳統對前設策略的堅持所限制，根據這一策略，國家不能被用作實現自由和平等社會的手段。相對而言，自由主義社會民主則納入了民主過渡國家的角色（在此稱為漸進主義無政府主義），從而解決了主流的「霍布斯式」對壞無政府狀態的擔憂（即去中心化導致平等自由的淨損失）。通過這樣做，本書揭示了無政府主義策略的全譜，從前設策略到漸進策略。

作者簡介

Brian Williams is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at SUNY Cortland (US) where he teaches classes in political research methods, comparative politics, and international relations. His recent empirical research has focused on direct democracy and voter turnout, electoral connection and private member bill proposals, as well as coalition agreements and intra-party unity. In the area of political philosophy, his recent writing has examined the interrelationship between anarchism and democracy. His work has been published in The Social Science Journal, Representation, Political Science Research and Methods, Theory in Action, and Legislative Studies Quarterly.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

布萊恩·威廉斯（Brian Williams）是美國紐約州立大學科特蘭分校（SUNY Cortland）政治學系的助理教授，教授政治研究方法、比較政治學和國際關係等課程。他最近的實證研究集中在直接民主與選民投票率、選舉連結與私人成員法案提案，以及聯盟協議與黨內團結等主題。在政治哲學領域，他最近的著作探討了無政府主義與民主之間的相互關係。他的研究成果已發表於《社會科學期刊》（The Social Science Journal）、《代表性》（Representation）、《政治科學研究與方法》（Political Science Research and Methods）、《行動中的理論》（Theory in Action）以及《立法研究季刊》（Legislative Studies Quarterly）等期刊。

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