Impressions of an Anarchist Landscapf

Breitbart, Myrna Margulies

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8330.1975.tb00620.x

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“…It is perhaps unsurprising then that Richard Peet (1975), founding editor of Antipode, was so inspired by Kropotkin that he argued radical geography should adopt his anarcho‐communism as its point of departure. Kropotkin’s work was similarly embraced by Myrna Breitbart (1975), who argued against the privation of the majority through a reading of the organization of human landscapes, which were said to unfairly advantage a privileged minority, rather than being established through principles that benefit everyone.…”

Section: The Role Of Anarchism In Radical Geographymentioning

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Anarchism and Geography: A Brief Genealogy of Anarchist Geographies

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2013

Geography Compass

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Anarchism and geography have a long and disjointed history, characterized by towering peaks of intensive intellectual engagement and low troughs of ambivalence and disregard. This paper traces a genealogy of anarchist geographies back to the modern development of anarchism into a distinct political philosophy following the Enlightenment. The initial rise of geographers’ engagement with anarchism occurred at the end of the 19th‐century, owing to Élisée Reclus and Peter Kropotkin, who developed an emancipatory vision for geography in spite of the discipline’s enchantment with imperialism at that time. The realpolitik of the war years in the first half of the 20th‐century and the subsequent quantitative revolution in geography represent a nadir for anarchist geographies. Yet anarchism was never entirely abandoned by geographical thought and the counterculture movement of the 1970s gave rise to radical geography, which included significant interest in anarchist ideas. Unfortunately another low occurred during the surge of neoliberal politics in the 1980s and early 1990s, but hope springs eternal, and from the late 1990s onward the anti‐globalization movement and DIY culture have pushed anarchist geographies into more widespread currency. In reviewing the literature, I hope to alert readers to the ongoing and manifold potential for anarchist geographies to inform both geographical theory and importantly, to give rise to more practice‐based imperatives where building solidarities, embracing reciprocity, and engaging in mutual aid with actors and communities beyond the academy speaks to the ‘freedom of geography’ and its latent capacity to shatter its own disciplinary circumscriptions.

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Anarchism and Geography: A Brief Genealogy of Anarchist Geographies

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2013

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“…Richard Peet (1975) is not only responsible for getting this very journal off the ground, he also used its pages to argue that the newly emerging “radical geography” should take Kropotkin's version of anarchism as its new beginning. Myrna Brietbart (1975) similarly looked to Kropotkin, while also drawing on Proudhon, to contend that the organization of human landscapes should be based upon principles that benefit everyone living upon them and not just a privileged few. A year later, Bob Galois (1976) did much the same, invoking anarchism to make a claim for deeper radicalization in geography by rethinking its past and particularly the influence of Kropotkin.…”

Section: A Whirlwind Tour Of Anarchist Geographiesmentioning

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“…As over 30 years have passed since Myrna Breitbart (1978b) previously assembled the first special issue on anarchist geographies in these pages, we are tremendously excited about this issue seeing the light of day and feel that it is long overdue. We are honoured that Myrna has written a foreword that reflects on her original foray into anarchist philosophies and contemplates the challenges and potential that come with exploring anarchist geographies from within and importantly beyond the academy (Brietbart 2012).…”

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Reanimating Anarchist Geographies: A New Burst of Colour

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The late nineteenth century saw a burgeoning of geographical writings from influential anarchist thinkers like Peter Kropotkin andÉlisée Reclus. Yet despite the vigorous intellectual debate sparked by the works of these two individuals, following their deaths anarchist ideas within geography faded. It was not until the 1970s that anarchism was once again given serious consideration by academic geographers who, in laying the groundwork for what is today known as "radical geography", attempted to reintroduce anarchism as a legitimate political philosophy. Unfortunately, quiet followed once more, and although numerous contemporary radical geographers employ a sense of theory and practice that shares many affinities with anarchism, direct engagement with anarchist ideas among academic geographers have been limited. As contemporary global challenges push anarchist theory and practice back into widespread currency, geographers need to rise to this occasion and begin (re)mapping the possibilities of what anarchist perspectives might yet contribute to the discipline.In the late 1970s Antipode published issues on the environment and anarchism which, in retrospect, were the last bursts of colour in the fall of its 1960s-style radicalism (Richard Peet and Nigel Thrift 1989:6).

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“…My personal interest in the connection between geographic theory and social change was reflected in an early essay entitled “Impressions of an anarchist landscape” (Breitbart 1975). In this short initial effort, I used Kropotkin's and Proudhon's writings to extract some of the spatial implications of anarchist ideology and developed very preliminary thoughts on what I thought of then as “a people's location theory” (Kropotkin 1927[1905], 1974) 1 .…”

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Anarchism and Geography: A Brief Genealogy of Anarchist Geographies

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