Anarchism and Cosmopolitanism

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Levy, Carl. 2018. Anarchism and Cosmopolitanism. In: Carl Levy and Matthew Adams, eds. The Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 125-148. ISBN 978-3-319-75619-6 [Book Section]

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In most surveys of anarchism, cosmopolitanism is mentioned in reference as one of its sources in discussions of classical Greek thought, namely the Cynics and the Stoics. Whether or not one can draw such a linkage with the theory and practice of anarchism as an ideology in its various shapes and forms since the nineteenth century may be debatable. Nevertheless the cosmopolitan currents found in the Radical Enlightenment but also in the extra-European thought and practice of the Global South and in liminal encounters between Europe and the colonial Other are important influences for the formation and transmission of anarchism. Furthermore, the engagement with nationalism and patriotism by such anarchists as Rudolf Rocker and Gustav Landauer deal with cosmopolitanism in critical ways. More recently the revival of cosmopolitan thought in critical International Relations and the practices and theorisations of the Global Justice, Occupy and Square movements link the classical anarchist tradition with New and Post Anarchist currents. This chapter will discuss these themes.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75620-2_7