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Jaytee finished reading Folk devils and moral panics by Stanley Cohen
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Jaytee reviewed Direct Action by David Graeber
Direct Action: An Ethnography offers a lengthy, traditional anthropological account of anarchist organizing efforts, with …
Mess of a lovely book
I admittedly only skimmed over the first section of this book (the ethnography portion). However, I really enjoyed reading the second part. It's not that Graeber goes into anything I didn't already know about punk, anarchist, DIY movements. Instead I think he connects his insights really beautifully to larger concepts and moments in history in a way that is accessible and coherent.
I appreciated how he interrogated moral panics around anarchists and certain ill conceived stereotypes as well as certain contradictions and paradox's within the movement.
Jaytee rated Direct Action: 5 stars
Direct Action by David Graeber
Direct Action: An Ethnography offers a lengthy, traditional anthropological account of anarchist organizing efforts, with a focus on New York …
Jaytee finished reading Cybernetic Revolutionaries by Eden Medina
Cybernetic Revolutionaries by Eden Medina
In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first …
Jaytee started reading Direct Action by David Graeber
Direct Action by David Graeber
Direct Action: An Ethnography offers a lengthy, traditional anthropological account of anarchist organizing efforts, with a focus on New York …
Jaytee finished reading Dispersing power by Raúl Zibechi
