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Description of  Anarchism and Social Revolution: An Anarchist Politics of the Transitionary State (Contributions to Political Science)

This monograph provides an update to anarchist philosophy, advocating for a paradigm shift beyond neoliberalism and liberal democracy. The books central thesis has two components. First, it is argued that the maximization of equal liberty requires historical progress beyond the sovereign state system. In contrast to Fukuyamas (1992) argument that liberal democracy is the end of history, it is argued that liberalism contains two contradictions (socioeconomic inequality and the shortcoming in equal liberty inherent to state power) with the potential to propel history further. This books argument libertarian social democracy provides a framework to guide that final stage of history. Read more