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Bookchin is truly one of the most brilliant political theorists of our time, and his proposal for a communalist politics with a libertarian municipalist praxis is one that the Left should take seriously. The essays throughout the book tend to be repetitive in its elaboration of what the political pr Leggi tutto

I'm a fan of Bookchin's thoughts on achieving a libertarian left society through communalism, but he's such a grumpy asshole throughout most of these essays that it's pretty unpleasant to read. I understand that there are no easy victories when it comes to leftist organizing, but some of the margina Leggi tutto

In this collection of essays Bookchin gives a great analysis of the development and current state of the Left, particularly in its Marxist and anarchist variants from the late 19th century. His analysis is easy to understand and great to read. Yet, his solutions can be seen as somewhat utopian in na Leggi tutto

The future of the left is probably the most inspiring essay on there

Although this is Bookchin's last published work, I tend to recommend it as an introduction to his thought. Here, the reader can get a sense of Bookchin—the political theorist, Bookchin—the ecologist, Bookchin—the historian and Bookchin—the grumpy elder mad at Molotov-throwing youngsters. After readi Leggi tutto

A mixed bag. This collection can be broken down into two parts the first is a collection of essays written in the 80s and 90s that combined sketch out the core themes of Bookchin's ideas. The second which bookends the collection are three newer essays in which Bookchin tries to present his views in t Leggi tutto

So Bookchin apparently gets a fair amount of derision from leftists, which I'm only just waking up to. I've seen him called a "Trot" plenty of times, but more often just sort of dismissed as a crank. It's still puzzling to me because I don't see that much to object to here. I'm kind of assuming it's Leggi tutto