Anarchism Philosophy recommendations

[Bretty123]

Hello again, I'm glad to of found a place that people share common interests even if we do not agree. I am wondering if people can suggest some books on anarchism philosophy?

Thanks a bunch.

[hoopla]

If your looking for an anarchist histomat, you could try "the political phliosophy of bakunin" by maximoff (er, I haven't read my copy yet), you'd have to get it second hand, but it sometimes goes for cheap. Er, anything by Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin (though I have heard him described as Puerile) Malatesta, shrug, I'm not qualified to answer this question really, "No Gods No Masters" might be an OKish introduction, "mutual aid a factor in evolution" gets mentioed quite alot. I guess more people might be able to answer if you made clear what you were looking for, maybe not :huh:

If your looking for heavywieght stuff, the ego and his own is on-line, though he was criticised by Marx for his essentialism, iirc

[apathy maybe]

Have a squiz at these threads for some infomation about some anarchism at least.

http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=29944
http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=6421
http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=28053

Read the Wikipedia articles also, though take a large grain of salt to eat.

An Anarchist FAQ http://www.anarchyfaq.org is good for Social Anarchisms.

And I've written some stuff about Individualist Anarchism, though where I can't remember. (Do a search on this site.)

[Bretty123]

I'm looking mostly for some of the foundational writing for anarchist philosophy and theory. Like what are some of the best known anarchists who have written on the subject?

[YSR]

I think Stirner's The Ego and Its Own, which I've just started getting into more, is pretty fantastic. Obviously, it is a very individualist perspective on anarchist thought (as if the title doesn't make that clear) but it's very interesting and influences anarchism a great deal.

EDIT: That's philosophy though, not theory. In terms of theory, Bakunin is pretty solid and excellent, definintely amongst my favorites of the early anarchists. And I've been told Malatesta has good analysis and theoretical contributions.