Anarchy and Society: Reflections on Anarchist Sociology

Studies in Critical Social Sciences, book #55

Anarchy and Society explores the many ways in which the discipline of sociology and the philosophy of anarchism are compatible.

The book constructs possible parameters for a future ‘anarchist sociology,’ by a sociological exposition of major anarchist thinkers (including Kropotkin, Proudhon, Landauer, Goldman, and Ward), as well as an anarchist interrogation of key sociological concepts (including social norms, inequality, and social movements).

Sociology and anarchism share many common interests–although often interpreting each in divergent ways–including community, solidarity, feminism, crime and restorative justice, and social domination. The synthesis proposed by Anarchy and Society is reflexive, critical, and strongly anchored in both traditions.