Event overview
Carl Levy's Inaugural Lecture
Since the emergence of anarchism as an ideology and and a self-declared movement in the nineteenth century, the city and the urban commune have been central to the anarchist imagination and to anarchist socio-political action.
In his inaugural lecture, Carl Levy, will present a synoptic overview of the uses of the city in the anarchists' programmes, tactics, strategies and visions. From the Paris Commune of 1871, to Barcelona in 1936, Paris, May 1968 and the global phenomena of the Occupy and Square movements of the past few years, the city has been central for the transformation of philosophical anarchism into a quotidian, vivid practice.
An alternative social ecology of the city, advanced by Peter Kropotkin, Paul Goodman, Colin Ward and Murray Bookchin has had influence far beyond the confines of anarchist movements. The anarcha- feminism of Emma Goldman thrived in the artistic urban bohemia and modern and contemporary art has flourished in anarchist tinged environments from Montmartre to Greenwich Village and the Lower East Side to Schwabing and Fitzrovia.
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9 Jun 2016 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
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