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From alterglobalization to Occupy Wall Street: Neoanarchism and the new spirit of the left

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Neoanarchist politics have become increasingly hegemonic on the North American left. Tracing its emergence during the Seattle WTO demonstrations in 1999 to its recent incarnation in the Occupy Wall Street movement, this article argues that neoanarchism's attempts to "change the world without taking power" pose serious theoretical and practical problems for emancipatory politics today. The text also examines recuperation as a factor in social movement decline, arguing that the incorporation of social movement themes is constructing a "new spirit of capitalism" that both addresses widespread demand for a more ethical world while simultaneously insulating itself from critique - a process facilitated by significant ideological resonance between neoanarchism and neoliberalism.

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  • Blair Taylor, 2013. "From alterglobalization to Occupy Wall Street: Neoanarchism and the new spirit of the left," City, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(6), pages 729-747, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cityxx:v:17:y:2013:i:6:p:729-747
    DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2013.849127
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    1. Drainville A. C., 2015. "The Moral Economy of Global Crowds: Egypt 1977, Brazil 2013," New Global Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 9(2), pages 101-124, August.
    2. Viviana Asara & Giorgos Kallis, 2018. "Fertile soil: The production of Prefigurative Territories by the Indignados movement in Barcelona," SRE-Disc sre-disc-2018_03, Institute for Multilevel Governance and Development, Department of Socioeconomics, Vienna University of Economics and Business.

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