Lifestyle_anarchism

Lifestyle anarchism is a term derived from Murray Bookchin\'s polemical essay "Social Anarchism Or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm." He used it to criticise those anarchists who he believed advocated individualism at the expense of class struggle. The term is sometimes used by anarchists as a description of positions that concentrate on changes to personal behaviour rather than the wholesale reorganisation or abolition of class and hierarchical society, or simply as a synonym for individualist anarchism.Franks, Benjamin (2005-09-22). "British anarchisms and the miners\' strike.". Capital & Class (87): 227-54.  Critics of this term see this definition as a form of sectarianism; anarchist librarian and activist Chuck Munson for example, denies that lifestylism exists, and has decried the concept as "one of the most divisive and destructive things inflicted on the anarchist movement in recent years.""Alasbarricadas interviews Infoshop founder, Chuck Munson", Infoshop.org, 2008-02-20. Practical Anarchy has identified the "lifestylist" debate "simplistic" and exhorted anarchists to move on from it.Heathcott, Joseph (Spring 2001). "Food for Thought". Practical Anarchy. Infoshop.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-23. 

Related topics

• Mark Andersen, critic of lifestylism.Andersen, Mark (2004). All the Power : Revolution Without Illusion. City: Punk Planet Books. ISBN 9781888451726. 

References

External links

• "Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism - An Unbridgeable Chasm"
• "Evaluating Lifestyle Anarchism" - Libcom.org
• "Debunking Nonsense in the Anarchist Movement" - Infoshop.org

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