Fwd: (en) Funding for research into anarchism

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From: "Susan Brown"

To: ra-len@univ-montp3.fr

Subject: (en) Funding for research into anarchism

Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 21:59:15 -0400

From: Ronald Creagh

Hi,

I am preparing a paper on the present state of research on anarchism

in the academy. I would be happy if I could get information on the

following topics:

1. Is there any funding for research into anarchism or must it be

dressed up as history, economic theory, philosophy of authority,

analysis of postmodernity, etc.? I know how the situation is in

France - simply horrible, as most of the serious research on these

issues is done outside the academy, and people who are in the

establishment are quickly marginalized. Furthermore, social history

is now moribund here. What is the situation in other countries?

2. Is there any indirect repression: for instance, when some activist

or anarchist writer has played an important historical role, s/he is

not mentioned as anarchist.

3. Has anarchist history been edged out of left-wing history, is

statism the dominant paradigm in political theory, is capitalism the

dominant paradigm in economic theory, etc.

4. Is there today a rediscovery of anarchism? It seems that, in

France at least, nineteenth century anarchism was not perceived as

such. It is only since the end of the XXth century that one can now

evaluate the thoughts of Proudhon, Stirner, etc. For instance,

Nietsche or Deleuze revisit Spinoza and give him a very strong

meaning which was not perceived in earlier times.

5. Is the intellectual left rediscovering anarchism?

Thank you for any comments.

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