Anarchist books

[NotQuiteAsOne]

I am looking for some more books on anarchy to expand my knowledge. Any suggestions?

[Sankofa]

There have been several posts on this before; if you want a more exhaustive list, do a forum search.

The Anarchy Archives (http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/index.html) has a decent online collection of Anarchist works.

Kropotkin's Conquest of Bread seems to be of high esteem.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism.

Read it and live it. :thumbup1:

[Os Cangaceiros]

Also, I'd recommend reading Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory & Practice by Rudolph Rocker, and When Insurrections Die by Gilles Dauve (which isn't a specifically anarchist text, but one that I think anarchists can get a lot out of).

Those two works (along with Black Flame and perhaps certain parts of Das Kapital and a couple other works from varying philosophical outlooks) probably influenced my political notions more than most. You might get some value out of reading non-socialist libertarians, also (by that I mean people like Thoreau and Stirner)...I know I did.

If you're fairly new to anarchism, I'd recommend Anarchism: A Beginner's Guide by Ruth Kinna. I found it to be a suprisingly good overview.

[Agnapostate]

It's true that The Conquest of Bread is among the most quintessential lay texts of anarchist theoretical literature, relatively easy to read in line with the appeal of anarchism to the working class and not eccentric academics, but not simplistic or primitive. There are more academic texts available, though, such as the "participatory economics" literature by Albert and Hahnel.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Conquest of Bread is pretty good. I think that people should be sure to recommend works that have been published within the last fifty years or so as well, though, as the really old anarchist and socialist texts can be really hard to get into, especially when they attempt to delve into nuts-and-bolts economic issues (philosophical works are different, as a lot of the issues they deal with have pretty much remained consistent throughout human history). I hate it when people ask for recommendations for communist works and get inundated with a million works that were published well over a hundred years ago.

(Just to be clear: I do think that Marx et al are worth reading.)

[NotQuiteAsOne]

thanks for all the advice.

[x359594]

People or Personnel by Paul Goodman is an updating of Kropotkin for the 20th century, and Communitas written with his architect brother Percival is a sort of handbook of practical anarchism.

[Foldered]

There are also some decent anthologies out there.

Guerin's No Gods No Masters comes to mind. At least, it's a good starting point to flip through and find theorists who you like, and then you can get access to more of their works.

[The Idler]

No Gods, No Masters - Guerin
Anarchism from Theory to Practice - Guerin
An Anarchist FAQ - Iain McKay
Anarcho-Syndicalism - Rudolf Rocker
Anarchy - Malatesta
Demanding the Impossible - Peter Marshall

[Foldered]

No Gods, No Masters - Guerin
Anarchism from Theory to Practice - Guerin
An Anarchist FAQ - Iain McKay
Anarcho-Syndicalism - Rudolf Rocker
Anarchy - Malatesta
Demanding the Impossible - Peter Marshall
Great list.

[Veg_Athei_Socialist]

A good place to look is at AK Press's Anarchy Section Here:
http://www.akpress.org/2005/topics/Anarchism

[x359594]

a few more for the list: For Anarchism edited by David Goodaway and What is Anarchist Communism? by Alexander Berkman and The Anarchist Revolution by Errico Malatesta.

[Red Saxon]

Link in my sig for the Anarchist online ebook library.