Title: Anarchism, environmentalism, and anti-globalisation

Authors: Giorel Curran

Addresses: Griffith University, Australia

Abstract: While anarchism has never enjoyed the authority of the major ideologies, this paper contends that it has had considerable influence in shaping the modern political landscape. The paper explores anarchism|s participation in the environmental and anti-globalisation movements, where its influence is most prominent. It first examines how anarchism was reconceptualised into green anarchism. It then traces green anarchism|s participation in the anti-globalisation movement in the 1990s and beyond, where it coalesces with other anarchist groups. The paper highlights the paradox of an anarchist ||revival|| fuelled by the very technologies that underpin the globalised capitalism that many anarchists decry.

Keywords: anarchism; environmentalism; anti-globalisation; green anarchism; global capitalism; technology; globalisation.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2004.053924

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2004 Vol.6 No.2, pp.37 - 50

Published online: 13 May 2013 *

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