In the same way that the zapatistas aren’t anarchist but the venn diagram between zapatismo an anarchism is basically a circle? Or like how bookchin made a few tweaks to anarchism and called it communalism because he was annoyed with the popular individualist anarchist movements of the 70s-90s?
Sure, by that metric he isn’t an anarchist (specifically an anprim, which is distinct from other flavors of anarchism) but the differences are vague
Communalism was meant to be a prescriptive response to what he saw as a lack of actionable ideas, and also a desire to carve out a piece of the “New Left” pie.
Bookchin also basically disavowed his entire philosophy in the 90s.
I was referring to kaczynski with the anprim stuff, and I was definitely being a bit reductive with bookchin. I view communalism as another set of tools in the libertarian toolbox to build a horizontal society. There’s just tons of overlap in the libertarian left sphere, ideology and praxis-wise
Or like how bookchin made a few tweaks to anarchism and called it communalism because he was annoyed with the popular individualist anarchist movements of the 70s-90s
i was familiar with communalism (i used to consider myself a communalist) but i did not know the history. is The Communalist Project a good place to start reading or should i go in some proper order
Are you looking to read into the history or theory of communalism? The Communalist Project is a good place to start for theory, it’s a pretty short essay though. Anything bookchin wrote in the mid-90s-00s is squarely in the Communalist arc of his theory. His early writings are also great though. You really can’t go wrong with him
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
In the same way that the zapatistas aren’t anarchist but the venn diagram between zapatismo an anarchism is basically a circle? Or like how bookchin made a few tweaks to anarchism and called it communalism because he was annoyed with the popular individualist anarchist movements of the 70s-90s?
Sure, by that metric he isn’t an anarchist (specifically an anprim, which is distinct from other flavors of anarchism) but the differences are vague
socsa@piefed.social 2 months ago
Communalism was meant to be a prescriptive response to what he saw as a lack of actionable ideas, and also a desire to carve out a piece of the “New Left” pie.
Bookchin also basically disavowed his entire philosophy in the 90s.
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I was referring to kaczynski with the anprim stuff, and I was definitely being a bit reductive with bookchin. I view communalism as another set of tools in the libertarian toolbox to build a horizontal society. There’s just tons of overlap in the libertarian left sphere, ideology and praxis-wise
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
i was familiar with communalism (i used to consider myself a communalist) but i did not know the history. is The Communalist Project a good place to start reading or should i go in some proper order
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Are you looking to read into the history or theory of communalism? The Communalist Project is a good place to start for theory, it’s a pretty short essay though. Anything bookchin wrote in the mid-90s-00s is squarely in the Communalist arc of his theory. His early writings are also great though. You really can’t go wrong with him