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“Mutual Aid and the Foraging Mode of Thought: Re-reading Kropotkin on the Khoisan.” Social Evolution and History 3.1: 3-21. London: Freedom Press.īarnard, Alan (2004). One cannot dispense with all forms of power and still maintain social relations.” This essay reviews some key analyses of power, and puts forward an anthropologically-informed anarchist analysis concerning the inevitability of forms of power relationships.

<–Abstract: “Discussions concerning power and authority by anarchist writers are often marked by confusion.

“Power: Some Anthropological Perspectives.” Anarchist Studies 13.2: 104-117. London: Kahn & Averill with Cienfuegos Press. Longing for Arcadia: Memoirs of an Anarcho-Cynicalist Anthropologist.

#David graeber anarchist anthropology free#

While the search for anything remotely resembling anarchist thought or practice in Muslim society might at first sight seem a frivolous venture, it is apparent that anarchistic themes do pervade Muslim societies, although there is no consistent rejection of the notion of domination, and no advocacy of a free society.” Finally, there is a brief assessment of the writings of Mu’ammar Qaddafi, dictator of Libya, which appear to have some anarchistic content. Then, the paper turns to various manifestations of tribal organisation in North Africa and Southwest Asia. First, the Kharijite and the Sufi traditions in Islam are briefly considered.

<–Abstract: “This contribution addresses the question of a possible relationship between the idea of anarchy and Muslim society.

“Islam, Muslim Societies and Anarchy.” Anarchist Studies 10.2: 105-118.

“Anarchism and the Archaeology of Anarchic Societies: Resistance to Centralization In the Coast Salish Region of the Pacific Northwest Coast.” Current Anthropology 53.5: 547-568.īarclay, Harold B.