Anarchism and Social Revolution by Brian Williams - 9783031394645

Anarchism and Social RevolutionAn Anarchist Politics of the Transitionary State\nAuthor(s): Brian Williams\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783031394645, 978-3031394645\nSynopsis\nThis monograph provides an update to anarchist philosophy, advocating for a paradigm shift beyond neoliberalism and liberal democracy. The books central thesis has two components. First, it is argued that the maximization of equal liberty requires historical progress beyond the sovereign state system. In contrast to Fukuyamas [tel] argument that liberal democracy is the end of history, it is argued that liberalism contains two contradictions (socioeconomic inequality and the shortcoming in equal liberty inherent to state power) with the potential to propel history further. This books argument libertarian social democracy provides aframework to guide that final stage of history.\n\nSecond, while anarch.