“If the object of capitalism or socialism is to increase needs, the object of anarchism is to increase choice.” FreedomChoiceAnarchismAnti Capitalism Book:The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy Source: The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy
“Anarchism is not only a stateless society but also a harmonized society that exposes man to the stimuli provided by both agrarian and urban life, to physical activity and mental activity, to unrepressed sensuality and self-directed spirituality, to communal solidarity and individual development, to regional uniqueness and worldwide brotherhood, to spontaneity and self-discipline, to the elimination of toil and the promotion of craftsmanship.” AnarchyAnarchismAnarchist Book:Ecology and Revolutionary Thought Source: Ecology and Revolutionary Thought
“I learned that [Trotskyism] were no different from the Stalinists, and they expelled me, which is the typical Marxist-Leninist way of dealing with dissenters. From that point on, I migrated by the 1950s into anarchism, increasingly emphasizing decentralization. Also, I made the all-important step of bridging my social philosophy with ecology. I did that in 1952 and went on to write a whole series of books developing an anarcho-ecological approach.” WayWritingMadeImportantBookDifferentPhilosophyWholeSocialStepsApproachSeriesDevelopingEcologyTypicalAnarchismEcologicalMarxistDecentralization Author:Murray Bookchin
“My concern is to develop a North American type of anarchism that comes out of the American tradition, or that at least can be communicated to Americans and that takes into consideration that Americans are not any longer people of European background.” PeopleTypeConcernTraditionBackgroundsConsiderationAnarchismAmerican Tradition Author:Murray Bookchin
“I know one thing: that you can do a lot of things but if you don't educate people into conscious anarchism it gets frittered away.” PeopleIfsKnowsCan DoOne ThingConsciousEducateAnarchism Author:Murray Bookchin
“I'm by no means convinced that capitalism and the development of technology has made anarchism easier.” MeanMadeTechnologyDevelopmentEasierCapitalismConvincedAnarchismDevelopment Of Technology Author:Murray Bookchin
“I've been criticized by many anarchists as believing that anarchism is impossible without affluence. On the contrary, I think affluence is very destructive to anarchism. If you are absorbed by that commodity world then you're not going to move toward any radical positions, you're going to move toward a stance of protectiveness.” IfsThinkingWorldBelieveMovingImpossiblePositionContraryRadicalDestructiveCommodityAnarchismAnarchistStanceAffluenceProtectiveness Author:Murray Bookchin
“I have been criticized for pointing out that anarchism is likely to flourish more easily, at least in the western world, and to a certain extent in eastern Europe, in those areas where there is either grim need or considerable technological development.” WorldNeedsHas BeensCertainDevelopmentEuropeAreasWesternTechnologicalEasternPointingAnarchismGrimWestern WorldEastern EuropeTechnological Development Author:Murray Bookchin
“I believe that there has to be an ideal and I favour an ethical anarchism which can be cohered into an ideal.” BelieveI BelieveIdealsEthicalFavourAnarchism Author:Murray Bookchin
“I've developed my anarchism, my critique of Marxism, which has been the most advanced bourgeois ideology I know of, into a community of ideas and ultimately a common sense of responsibilities and commitments.” KnowsHas BeensIdeasCommunityCommonResponsibilityCommitmentCommon SenseIdeologyMarxismAnarchismCritiqueBourgeoisSense Of Responsibility Author:Murray Bookchin
“I don't think anarchism consists of sitting down and saying let's form a collective. I don't think it consists of saying we're all anarchists: you're an anarcho-syndicalist; you're an anarcho-communist; you're an anarcho-individualist.” ThinkingFormSittingDown AndCollectivesCommunistAnarchismAnarchistSitting Down Author:Murray Bookchin
“We should try to become better people, ethically speaking, reflect upon ourselves and our very limited existences and develop a sense of tolerance for each other, as well as for other anarchist groups with which we may disagree. But we're not committed to toeing a line called anarchism; there are many different anarchisms.” PeopleShouldTryingWellsMayDifferentLinesExistenceGroupsCommittedToleranceDisagreeAnarchismAnarchist Author:Murray Bookchin
“My anarchism is frankly anarcho-communalism, and it's eco-anarchism as well. And it's not oriented toward the proletariat.” WellsAnarchismProletariatEcoCommunalism Author:Murray Bookchin
“Peter Kropotkin described Anarchism as the extreme left wing of socialism - a view with which I completely agree. One of my deepest concerns today is that the libertarian socialist core will be eroded by fashionable, post- modernist, spiritualist, mystic individualism.” TodayLeftViewsConcernAgreeWingsExtremesLibertarianCoreSocialismPostsIndividualismPeterSocialistAnarchismFashionableMysticLeft Wing Author:Murray Bookchin
