A Creative Passion: Anarchism and Culture

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Table of Contents (see below)
Foreword
Introduction
Index
Jeff edited this exciting collection of new essays from various authors whose chapters examine anarchism and dada, Wole Soyinka's anarchism, eco-anarchy and critiques of capitalist civilization, DIY anarcho-punk assaults on corporate culture industries, and anarchism and drama.

Contents

Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1

1.Poetic License:
Hugo Ball, the Anarchist Avant-garde, and Us
Roger Farr

2.The Failure of Civilization
From an Anarcho-Primitivist Perspective
Max Lieberman

3.Anarchic Resistance and Bureaucratic Appeal:
Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and Literary Approaches to
Environmental Defense
Liam Nesson

4.Beyond Socialist Realism:
Anarchism and Glocal Concerns in the Poetry of Wole Soyinka
Jeff Shantz

5.All our ‘ists’ and ‘isms’ are nothing”:
Anarchist Ideology in Punk Music
Mark Wetherington

6.The Punks of Pirate Bay:
An Anarcho-Analysis of File-sharing Websites
Bryan L. Jones

7.“I would like to think that Refusal is worth making”:
The Future of New Punk in SLC Punk
Jessica Williams

8.Direct Actin’:
A Sketch of Anarchism and Drama
Jeff Shantz

Contributors
Index