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oapen-20.500.12657-524852022-01-19T02:49:16Z Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism Portwood-Stacer, Laura Politics & International Relations Political Theory and Philosophy (Politics) Anarchist Studies (Politics) Monograph bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Attempts by people to enact their political beliefs in their daily lives have become commonplace in contemporary US culture, in spheres ranging from shopping habits to romantic attachments. This groundbreaking book examines how collective social movements have cultivated individual practices of "lifestyle politics" as part of their strategies of resistance, and the tensions they must navigate in doing so. Drawing on feminism and other movements that claim that “the personal is political,” the book explores how radical anarchist activists position their own lifestyles within projects of resistance. Various lifestyle practices, from consumption to personal style to sexual relationships, are studied to address how identity and cultural practices can be used as tools of political dissent. An accessible and provocative text, Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism blends theory with empirical materials to highlight issues that are important not only to anarchists, but also to anyone struggling for social change. This unique analysis will contribute to the development of anarchist theory and practice and will appeal to anyone interested in political activism and social movements. 2022-01-18T13:08:04Z 2022-01-18T13:08:04Z 2013 book ONIX_20220118_9781441157430_17 9781441157430 9781441184269 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52485 eng Contemporary Anarchist Studies application/pdf n/a 9781441157430.pdf Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic 10.5040/9781501306792 10.5040/9781501306792 066d8288-86e4-4745-ad2c-4fa54a6b9b7b 9781441157430 9781441184269 Bloomsbury Academic 208 New York open access
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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Attempts by people to enact their political beliefs in their daily lives have become commonplace in contemporary US culture, in spheres ranging from shopping habits to romantic attachments. This groundbreaking book examines how collective social movements have cultivated individual practices of "lifestyle politics" as part of their strategies of resistance, and the tensions they must navigate in doing so. Drawing on feminism and other movements that claim that “the personal is political,” the book explores how radical anarchist activists position their own lifestyles within projects of resistance. Various lifestyle practices, from consumption to personal style to sexual relationships, are studied to address how identity and cultural practices can be used as tools of political dissent. An accessible and provocative text, Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism blends theory with empirical materials to highlight issues that are important not only to anarchists, but also to anyone struggling for social change. This unique analysis will contribute to the development of anarchist theory and practice and will appeal to anyone interested in political activism and social movements.
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