Five Weeks of Anarchism!

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Our second Night School on Anarchism, addressing the practicality of anarchism - will it work? and how can it work?

This is Five Leaves’ second “Night School” on anarchism, with Ruth Kinna. This year the series of five will be online only via Zoom. The talks will be suitable for newcomers to anarchism as well as old hands, and will not cover the same ground as our previous Night School on anarchism. Anarchists and non-anarchists equally welcome. The course starts on Wednesday 5th January and runs each Wednesday for five consecutive weeks.To facilitate discussion after each presentation we are limiting numbers to 25 participants.This is a course, so we are only taking bookings for the series not for individual sessions. Book early, as we expect all places to be taken.The theme for this series is practicality: will it/how does anarchy work? The starting point is Proudhon’s concept of anarchy as order: what does this mean and how does it shape the ways anarchists think about institutions and political arrangements? The following sessions discuss anarchist utopias and utopianism and the notion of ‘abolition’. Anarchist feminist critiques of the family and anarchist demands for prison abolition provide the foci. Format: informal illustrated presentations with space for questions, discussion and comments. Non-essential reading supports rather than structures the presentations - the reading list can be found at <a href="http://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/five-weeks-of-anarchy-ruth-kinna/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/five-weeks-of-anarchy-ruth-kinna/</a>Week 1: Anarchy as orderWhat’s the thinking behind the familiar graffiti – the A in the circle? This session looks at two ideas: first, the way that anarchists have understood the relationship between society and the state and second, what the prioritisation of society over the state implies for questions of practicality.Week 2: Anarchist utopiasThis session looks at two literary utopias: Louisa Bevington’s Common Sense Country and William Morris’s News from Nowhere. Bevington called herself anarchist communist. Morris was a sometime pro-anarchist and sometime anti-anarchist communist. Nevertheless, Kropotkin described News from Nowhere as a perfect anarchist utopia. What are we to make of these dreamy ideals? Week 3: Anarchist utopianismWhy have anarchists been so interested in imagining alternatives? How does this interest affect questions of practicality? Turning to our own ecological predicaments, the session considers how alternatives challenge norms and practices. Week 4: Abolition of the state #1This session discusses anarchist feminist critiques of the family. Week 5: Abolition of the state #2What is the case for prison abolition? The session draws some conclusions about what the state’s abolition/the building of anarchist orders entails. Ruth Kinna is a professor of political philosophy at Loughborough University. Since 2007 she has been the editor of the journal Anarchist Studies. She began working at Loughborough University in 1992. Her subsequent work focused on the socialist thought of William Morris (1834–1896). She is the author of the book Anarchism – A Beginners Guide, an in-depth study into the political concept of anarchy (Oneworld Publication).PLEASE NOTE: Due to the way Eventbrite works, it may appear that there are no concessional tickets left when there are full price tickets still available. If this is the case and you would like to buy a concessional ticket, please email us at bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk and we&#x27;ll adjust the ticket availability for you.

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