I'm with you on this, John. The works of Buber, Kropotkin, Landauer, and Solnit (A Paradise Built in Hell) on anarchy are compelling. I think Hannah Arendt, who pointed out that "democracy" was a pejorative to replace "isonomy," the Athenian self-understanding of "no-rule," was an anarchist in this sense.
Fascinating article Bryce. I'm struck that the Greek word for those who don't participate in civic affairs is "idiot." Your last two paragraphs about non-violent action and the variety of ways from arts, street theatre, public lament and so on are forms of democratic action. I would love to see more about that subject.
Thank you, Todd! I hope to write about several of those means of nonviolence. My manuscript has a chapter on public lament, using Mordecai as an example. A great book on street liturgy is William T. Cavanaugh's Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body of Christ.
I'm with you on this, John. The works of Buber, Kropotkin, Landauer, and Solnit (A Paradise Built in Hell) on anarchy are compelling. I think Hannah Arendt, who pointed out that "democracy" was a pejorative to replace "isonomy," the Athenian self-understanding of "no-rule," was an anarchist in this sense.
Fascinating article Bryce. I'm struck that the Greek word for those who don't participate in civic affairs is "idiot." Your last two paragraphs about non-violent action and the variety of ways from arts, street theatre, public lament and so on are forms of democratic action. I would love to see more about that subject.
Thank you, Todd! I hope to write about several of those means of nonviolence. My manuscript has a chapter on public lament, using Mordecai as an example. A great book on street liturgy is William T. Cavanaugh's Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body of Christ.