Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies 2013.2: Ontological Anarché: Beyond Materialism and Idealism

by Anarchist Developments Cultural Studies, Duane Rousselle (Editor), Jason Adams (Editor)

Is it possible for anarchism to think with the new ontologies and new materialisms, and is it possible to build a deeper anarchist philosophy which does not reduce the world to what it is for human animals within that world? Is it possible to think the question of a non-essentialist ontology? (Duane Rousselle and Jason Adams, “Anarchism’s Other Scene”)Radical theory has always been beset by the question of ontology, albeit to varying degrees and under differing conditions. In recent years, in particular, political metaphysics has returned with the rise of Deleuze-influenced “new materialisms,” along with post-/non-Deleuzian Speculative Realism (SR) and Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO), all bear testament to this. In this same period, anarchism has returned as a major influence on social movements and critical scholarship alike. What, then, are some of the potential resonances between these currents, particularly given that anarchism has so often been understood/misunderstood as a fundamentally idealist philosophy? This special issue of ADCS, "Ontological Beyond Materialism and Idealism," considers these questions in dialogue with the new materialisms, Speculative Realism, and Object-Oriented Ontology, in order to seek new points of departure.Ontological Beyond Materialism and Idealism EDITORS’ Duane Rousselle and Jason Adams, “Anarchism’s Other Materializing the Ideal and Idealizing the Material”; ONTOLOGICAL ANARCHE” Levi R. Bryant, “The Gravity of An Introduction to Onto-Cartography” -- John W.M. Krummel, “Reiner Schurmann and Cornelius Between Ontology and Praxis” -- Hilan Bensusan, “Polemos Doesn’t Stop Anywhere Short of the On Anarcheology, Ontology, and Politics” -- Ben Woodard, “Schellingian Thought for Ecological Politics” -- Jason Harman, “Ontological Beyond Arche & Anarche“; ANARCHIST Salvo Vaccaro, “Critique of Static Ontology and Becoming-Anarchy” -- Jared McGeough, “Three Scandals in the Philosophy of F.W.J. Ontology, Freedom, Mythology” -- Joseph Christian Greer, “Occult Hakim Bey’s Ontological Post-Anarchism” -- Tom Marling, “Anarchism and the Question of Ontology in the Chinese Anarchist Movement, 1919-1927” -- Gregory Kalyniuk,“Jurisprudence of the Deleuze’s Masochian Humour and Anarchist Neo-Monadology”; REVIEW Shannon Brincat,“The Problem of an Anarchist Civil Society” -- Mohammed A. Bamyeh, “A Response to Shannon Brincat”; BOOK Anthony T. Fiscella, “Christian Anarchism”; Christos Stergiou interviews Levi Bryant.Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies (ADCS), edited by Duane Rousselle and Sureyyya Evren, is an international, open-access journal devoted to the study of new and emerging perspectives in anarchist thought and practice from or through a cultural studies perspective. The interdisciplinary focus of the journal presumes an analysis of a broad range of cultural phenomena, the development of diverse methodological traditions, as well as the investigation of both macro-structural issues and the micrological practices of “everyday life.” ADCS is an attempt to bring anarchist thought into contact with innumerable points of connection.

284 pages, Paperback

First published January 24, 2014