A review of a posthumously published collection of essays by once leading anarchist Murray Bookchin. It discusses his break with anarchism in 1999 and how he spent the final years of his life destroying his own legacy. The collection itself includes pre- and post-break articles, showing the similarities in his ideas as well as their limitations.
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Review: Social Ecology and Communalism
A review of a collection of essays by Murray Bookchin published after his death. It contains three written when he considered himself an anarchist, one written after he broke with anarchism. All are of interest but show the issues with his “communalism” and links obvious links with the anarchism he tried to distance himself from, so destroying his own legacy. It (probably) appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 51 (Winter 2008-09)
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