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Das freie Leben aufbauen: Dialoge mit Abdullah Öcalan

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Erstmals findet in deutscher Sprache eine ausführliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Denken und Schreiben Öcalans und seinem politischen Einfluss statt. In diesem besonderen Band sind 18 Autor*innen, Aktivist*innen, Philosoph*innen und Wissenschaftler*innen vertreten, deren Ideen im Verhältnis zu Öcalans Schriften untersucht und debattiert werden. Das breite Spektrum namhafter AutorInnen beleuchtet verschiedene Aspekte der Theorie und Praxis des einflussreichen kurdischen Denkers, der sich seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren in Isolationshaft auf der türkischen Gefängnisinsel Imralı befindet.

Äußerst facettenreich werden in Das freie Leben aufbauen die Ideen diskutiert, die zur Revolution in Rojava führten: Vom demokratischen Konföderalismus bis zur Frauenrevolution, von der Geschichtsphilosophie bis zur Krise des Kapitalismus, von Religion bis Marxismus und Anarchismus wird das freiheitliche gesellschaftliche Denken mit der Philosophie Öcalans in Beziehung gesetzt, das sich radikal gegen Kapitalismus, Patriarchat und dem Staat stellt.

Die Beiträge für diesen Sammelband stammen aus der Feder verschiedenster internationaler Autor*innen wie John Holloway, David Graeber, Immanuel Wallerstein, Antonio Negri, Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hakim Bey), Norman Paech, Muriel Gonzáles Athenas, Andrej Grubacic, Raúl Zibechi, Fabian Scheidler, Mechthild Exo, Michael Panser, Abdullah Öcalan u.a.

335 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2019

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February 13, 2021
I bought this book thinking it would be a collection of interviews with Ocalan. It wasn't but I'm not disappointed. The essays included are by and large fantastically written (if at times a little overzealous in their ambitions and with a crutch on the use of academic language) and offer a good variety of topics and perspectives. You may, as I was, find yourself frustrated at the repetition found in some of the early essays, as they all seek to contextualize the struggles of Ocalan, the PKK and Rojava. In appealing to unfamiliar readers, they inevitably cover the basic facts over and over again. This could have been edited or compiled in a way that would provide a more cohesive reading experience for those who wish to read this from cover to cover.

Some writers are better than others, and so are their essays. If you are short for time, my favourites were: Preface to Road Map (Immanuel Wallerstein); Ocalan's Manifesto and the Challenge of Transcending Centricity (Donald H. Matthews and Thomas Jeffrey Miley); There Can Be No Utopia Or Reality That Is More Ambitious Than This (Andrew Grubacic); Ocalan as Thinker (David Graeber); Re-enchantment of the Political (Patrick Huff); and Power and Truth (Michael Panser). Of course, where Ocalan himself is quoted, it is clear the vision and originality of his work is something to behold. Even in his impossibly adverse situation, he proves to be a formidable thinker.
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March 11, 2020
This is definitely the most I've read about Ocalan and his ideas, though I wish it wasn't so theory heavy.
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