Anarchism and global ethics

Prichard, Alex

doi:10.4324/9781315613529-4

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“…A second way by which an anarchist philosophy circumvents ideological imperialism whilst equally avoiding to strengthen, instead of challenging, the neoliberal project is its emphasis and insistence on the utopian imaginary. Too often, as seen above, anarchist philosophy is dismissed as “all too utopian,” even those who are sympathetic to the idea see anarchism often as a naïve dream that cannot possibly be realized (Briese, 2017, p. 139; Prichard, 2020). And “allegations of utopianism must be taken seriously, but not as the occasions for closure of debate and deliberation” (Falk, 2010, p. 398).…”

Section: An Anarchist Lens For Peacebuildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, anarchists argue not so much for the adoption of such processes on national or even international scales but rather for the creation of structures that “can be mimicked and linked up, as opposed to scaled up” (Kinna et al, 2019, p. 358). A purely non-representational politics in a globalized world might be impossible yet by “maximizing participation and flattening social hierarchies […] [anarchism] has the ethical tools, practices and institutional experiences to make representation anarchist again” (Prichard, 2020, p. 35).…”

Section: Practices Of Peacefacilitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Imagining Peace Outside of Liberal Statebuilding: Anarchist Theory as Pathway to Emancipatory Peacefacilitation

Rusche

2022

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Critical scholarship on peace has coined the term liberal peacebuilding and proven that it is unsuccessful, even counterproductive, in achieving that what it sets out to do—foster peace after violent conflict. The dominant part of this endeavor has been statebuilding. This paper adds to a slowly developing literature that starts to ask the question what an alternative to the reliance on statebuilding could look like. By employing anarchist theory, a new theoretical methodology is introduced to International Relations that allows to imagine forms of peace outside the liberal paradigm whilst preventing imperialistic claims. Such an emancipatory peace practice based on anarchism is envisioned as to build on prefigurative politics and direct action, strengthening autonomy, decentralization, and horizontality as well as challenge all structural forms of domination through radical forms of self-determination. Incorporating such an anarchist agenda offers one perspective on what fostering peace outside decontextualized and imposed liberal nation states could be. I argue that challenging statebuilding foreshadows a greater implication an anarchist research agenda promotes, namely, the need to move away from peace building toward emancipatory forms of peace facilitation.

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Section: An Anarchist Lens For Peacebuildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Practices Of Peacefacilitationmentioning

confidence: 99%