Anarcho-Collectivism

[Scrounger]

Greetings fellow anarchists, honoured marxists, thoughtful environmentalists, bold Syndicalists, etc.

I will hereby attempt to justify my potential mistake by excusing in advance in case there's already a thread, or god forbid a stickied thread, concerning this. The things which are in front of my eyes often elude me more than that which is not.

I've considered myself an anarchist for a long time and feel out of my own flawed judgement that I grasp the basics very well. My problem lies with the literature. I'm mainly appealed by anarcho-collectivism and know that my best bet would be Bakunin. I fetched a copy of God and the State, as it is probably his most well-known book(?) and didn't understand anything of which was written. No, I didn't get the russian version. I simply could not understand almost anything. It didn't have anything to do with the words being too advanced, just the structure of sentences, but the fact that english is not my native tongue could also factor in I guess.

I'm wondering if there are any simpler books or essays regarding anarcho-collectivism.

I'm also wondering how the basics of anarcho-collectivism could be defined, and if there are any similarities to PareCon.

Thanks in advance.

[syndicat]

Bakunin was no theorist, nor a clear writer.

"Anarcho-collectivism" is a fiction. Nobody advocated it. No one can explain what it really means. Kropotkin coined the term to refer to any viewpoint that would allot consumption entitlement to people for work they do in producing doods & services. I would try to think about the economy without these buzzwords, like "communism", "collectivism" etc.

How would workers manage production? How would people have control over their consumption? How would allocation of resources to production take place? How would means of production be allocated to workers? How would workers managing workplaces be accountable to their consumers, neighbors etc.

[Astarte]

Greetings fellow anarchists, honoured marxists, thoughtful environmentalists, bold Syndicalists, etc.

I will hereby attempt to justify my potential mistake by excusing in advance in case there's already a thread, or god forbid a stickied thread, concerning this. The things which are in front of my eyes often elude me more than that which is not.

I've considered myself an anarchist for a long time and feel out of my own flawed judgement that I grasp the basics very well. My problem lies with the literature. I'm mainly appealed by anarcho-collectivism and know that my best bet would be Bakunin. I fetched a copy of God and the State, as it is probably his most well-known book(?) and didn't understand anything of which was written. No, I didn't get the russian version. I simply could not understand almost anything. It didn't have anything to do with the words being too advanced, just the structure of sentences, but the fact that english is not my native tongue could also factor in I guess.

I'm wondering if there are any simpler books or essays regarding anarcho-collectivism.

I'm also wondering how the basics of anarcho-collectivism could be defined, and if there are any similarities to PareCon.

Thanks in advance.

Well, I think your primary problem is that God and the State is not so much about the management of an anarchist society, but rather a polemic in favor of atheism, against God and religion's influence over the state and class society, if I remember correctly.

The State and Revolution by Lenin is actually a pretty "anarchistic" piece - I think you'd find more on the subject matter you seek there than in God and the State.

[The Idler]

Go look at the Kate Sharpley Archives and find the writing style you like best.
http://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/
Other anarchist archives are available, just google.

[Red And Black Sabot]

I know anarchist communism isn't exacly the same as Bakunin's collectivism but Alexander Berkman's The ABC of Anarchism aka The ABCs of Anarchist Communism is a great intro and it was written for the common person.

[Scrounger]

Thanks for all the replies so far. I will check out the books/text/sites you've recommended.

@syndicat: Can anyone confirm this?