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Demanding the Impossible

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Description for Demanding the Impossible Paperback. A fascinating and comprehensive history, 'Demanding the Impossible' is a challenging and thought-provoking exploration of anarchist ideas and actions from ancient times to the present day. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPFB; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 46. Weight in Grams: 604.

A fascinating and comprehensive history, Demanding the Impossible is a challenging and thought-provoking exploration of anarchist ideas and actions from ancient times to the present day.

Navigating the broad 'river of anarchy', from Taoism to Situationism, from Ranters to Punk rockers, from individualists to communists, from anarcho-syndicalists to anarcha-feminists, Demanding the Impossible is an authoritative and lively study of a widely misunderstood subject. It explores the key anarchist concepts of society and the state, freedom and equality, authority and power and investigates the successes and failure of the anarchist movements ... Read more

In this updated edition, a new epilogue examines the most recent developments, including 'post-anarchism' and 'anarcho-primitivism' as well as the anarchist contribution to the peace, green and 'Global Justice' movements.

Demanding the Impossible is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand what anarchists stand for and what they have achieved. It will also appeal to those who want to discover how anarchism offers an inspiring and original body of ideas and practices which is more relevant than ever in the twenty-first century.

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperPerennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006862451
SKU
V9780006862451
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall is a historian, philosopher, biographer and travel writer. He has written fifteen books, has taught at several British universities and occasionally works in broadcasting. He lives in Devon.

Reviews for Demanding the Impossible
'Massive, scholarly, genuinely internationalist and highly enjoyable.’ David Widgery, Observer 'An exhaustive and authoritative study which is bound to become the standard account.’ John Gray, The Times 'Indispensable.' Richard Boston, Guardian ... Read more

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