Murray Bookchin
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Murray Bookchin | |
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| Born | January 14, 1921 |
| Died | July 30, 2006 (Burlington, Vermont) (age 85) |
| Era | 20th/21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | founder ofsocial ecology |
Main interests | Social ecology,libertarian municipalism,social hierarchy,dialectics,post-scarcityanarchism,libertarian socialism,communalism,ethics,historyof popular revolutionary movements |
Notable ideas | social ecology,libertarian municipalism,dialectical naturalism |
Murray Bookchin(January 14, 1921 – July 30, 2006)[5]was anAmericanlibertarian socialist,political andsocial philosopher,speaker and writer. For much of his life he called himself an anarchist, although as early as 1995 he privately renounced his identification with theanarchistmovement.[6]Apioneerin the ecology movement,[7]Bookchin was the founder of the social ecology movement within libertarian socialist and ecological thought. He was the author of twodozenbooks on politics,philosophy,history,and urban affairs as well asecology.
Bookchin was aradicalanti-capitalistand always favored thedecentralisationofsociety.His writings onlibertarian municipalism,a theory of face-to-face, grassroots democracy, had aninfluenceon theGreen Movementandanti-capitalistdirect actiongroups such asReclaim the Streets.Hiscriticismsof "new age"Greens such asCharlene Spretnakcontributed to the divisions in the AmericanGreen movementin the 1990s.
Although an anti-capitalist, Murray Bookchin often met with libertarian thinkerMurray Rothbardand occasionally attendedLibertarian Party (United States)conventions, endorsing their presidential candidate Roger MacBride in 1976.
Bookchin has influenced the thinking of captured Kurdish militantAbdullah Öcalan,who has renounced violence and now wants a peaceful solution to the question of Kurdish autonomy.
Libertarian municipalism[change|change source]
Bookchin was the first to use the term "Libertarian municipalism",to describe asystemin whichlibertarianinstitutions of directlydemocraticassemblieswould oppose and replace theStatewith aconfederationof free municipalities.[8]Libertarian municipalism intends to create a situation in which the two powers—the municipal confederations and the nation-state—cannotcoexist.
Bibliography[change|change source]
Books[change|change source]
- Our Synthetic Environment1962
- Bookchin, Murray (2004).Post-scarcity Anarchism.A K PressDistribution.ISBN978-1-904859-06-2.
- The Limits of the City(1973)ISBN978-0-06-091013-6.
- Bookchin, Murray (1998).The Spanish Anarchists: The Heroic Years, 1868-1936.A K PressDistribution.ISBN978-1-873176-04-7.
- Bookchin, Murray (1980).Toward an ecological society.Black Rose Books Ltd.
- Bookchin, Murray (2005).The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy.A K PressDistribution.ISBN978-1-904859-26-0.
- Bookchin, Murray (1986).The modern crisis.New Society Publishing.
- The Rise of Urbanization and the Decline of Citizenship(1987 and 1992)
- The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Essays on Dialectical Naturalism(1990 and 1996) Montreal: Black Rose Books.
- Bookchin, Murray (1994).To Remember Spain: The Anarchist and Syndicalist Revolution of 1936.A K PressDistribution.ISBN978-1-873176-87-0.
- Bookchin, Murray (1995).Re-enchanting Humanity: A Defense of the Human Spirit Against Antihumanism, Misanthropy, Mysticism, and Primitivism.Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
- Bookchin, Murray (1996).The third revolution: popular movements in the revolutionary era.Burns & Oates.
- Bookchin, Murray (1995).Social Anarchism Or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm.A K PressDistribution.ISBN978-1-873176-83-2.
- Biehl, Janet; Bookchin, Murray (1998).The politics of social ecology: libertarian municipalism.Black Rose Books.ISBN978-1-55164-100-3.
- Home, Stewart (1991).The Assault on Culture: Utopian Currents from Lettrisme to Class War.
Articles[change|change source]
- "Beyond Neo-Marxism".TELOS36 (Summer 1978). New York:Telos Press
References[change|change source]
- ↑Bookchin, Murray.The Ecology of Freedom.Oakland: AK Press, 2005. p.11
- ↑2.02.12.22.3ibid, p.11
- ↑Obituary: Murray Bookchin | US news | The GuardianSmall, Mike. ‘’Murray Bookchin: US political thinker whose ideas shaped the anti-globalisation movement’’. ‘’’The Guardian’’’ August 8 2006
- ↑Bookchin, Murray.The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Essays on Dialectical Naturalism.Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1996. p.57-9
- ↑Small, Mike.Murray BookchinThe GuardianAugust 8, 2006
- ↑[1]Biehl, Janet. "Bookchin Breaks with Anarchism".CommunalismOctober 2007: 1.
- ↑John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies, University of New Mexico, Environmental Philosophy, Inc, University of Georgia, ‘‘'Environmental Ethics’’’ v.12 1990: 193.
- ↑Libertarian Municipalism: An Overview
- Biehl, Janet(1997),The Murray Bookchin Reader(An Anthology). CassellISBN978-0-304-33874-0.
- Marshall, Peter H. (1993).Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism.HarperPerennial.ISBN978-0-00-686245-1.
- Bookchin, Murray (1999).Anarchism, Marxism and the Future of the Left.Stirling:AK Press.ISBN978-1-873176-35-1.
Other websites[change|change source]
- Murray Bookchin ArchiveatAnarchy Archives
- Institute for Social Ecology (ISE)
- Communalism:International Journal for a Rational Society
- Social Ecology London.English study/action group exploring Bookchin's ideas.
- Democratic Alternative.Scandinavian communalist organization based on Bookchin's ideas. In Svenska, Norsk, Espanol, English.
- My Graphics About Murray Bookchin:blog and archive of comic strip stories about Bookchin's life maintained by Janet Biehl.