Anarchism & Environmental Survival

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In this wide-ranging book, Graham Purchase, one of the anarchist movement's leading theoreticians, graphically demonstrates relation of classical libertarian thought to the most pressing issues on the Green agenda: bioregionalism, overpopulation, sustainable agriculture, animal rights, wilderness preservation, technology, social ecology, and eco-defense. This book is not, however, a collective of dry, academic essays. Purchase's uncompromising approach and acerbic comments ensure that "Anarchism & Environmental Survival" will remain a controversial book on the environment. Introduction 1 Preface 3 The Community & the Ecological Region 9 The Principle of Bioregional Federation 17 Anarchism, Chaos Theory, and the Metaphysics of Nature 24 Anarcho-Syndicalism, Technology, and Ecology 35 Anarchism, Ecology, and Human Population 49 Anarchism & Social Ecology: A Critique of Murray Bookchin 57 Anarchism, Feminism, and the Green Revolution 71 Anarchism & Animal Rights 88 Microlivestock, Economy, and Ecology 97 Wilderness and the Human Community 113 Anarchism & Community Self-Defense 122 Anarchist Society & Its Practical Realization 139 Bibliography 155