In the last few years, anarchism has been rediscovered as a transnational, cosmopolitan and multifaceted movement. Its traditions, often hastily dismissed, are increasingly revealing insights which inspire present-day scholarship in geography. This book provides a historical geography of anarchism, analysing the places and spatiality of historical anarchist movements, key thinkers, and the present scientific challenges of the geographical anarchist traditions.

This volume offers rich and detailed insights into the lesser-known worlds of anarchist geographies with contributions from international leading experts. It also explores the historical geographies of anarchism by examining their expressions in a series of distinct geographical contexts and their development over time. Contributions examine the changes that the anarchist movement(s) sought to bring out in their space and time, and the way this spirit continues to animate the anarchist geographies of our own, perhaps often in unpredictable ways. There is also an examination of contemporary expressions of anarchist geographical thought in the fields of social movements, environmental struggles, post-statist geographies, indigenous thinking and situated cosmopolitanisms.

This is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in historical geography, political geography, social movements and anarchism.

About the Author
Federico Ferretti is a Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Geography, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. Geronimo Barrera de la Torre is a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Anthony Ince is a Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK. Francisco Toro is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the Department of Regional Geographical Analysis and Physical Geography, University of Granada, Spain.

Reviews

"Historical Geographies of Anarchism looks at both the early part of

anarchism's evolution and speculates on its potential future(s). The book provides an overview

of strains of anarchist thought that originated and were put into practice in various locations

across the globe. The applied nature of anarchism is striking as many chapters provide examples

of how anarchist thought is inseparable from everyday actions. The book is divided into three

sections. The first covers "Spaces of the History of Anarchism", with the second and third

centring around "Early Anarchist Geographies and their Places" and "Anarchist Geographies,

Places and Present Challenges". - Nathan Poirier, Antipode - A Radical Journal of Geography

Book Information
ISBN 9780367219000
Author Federico Ferretti
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 362g