Exodus theme responsive columns5/22/2023 The first is between interstitial visions of changeīased on creating the building blocks of the future society within the I should note, at the outset, that in this section I deal with twoĭichotomies which are theoretically distinct, but tend to heavily Part One: Background Chapter One: The Age of Mass and Maneuver I. Many thanks to my friend Gary Chartier, of La Sierra University, for formatting the manuscripts into a finished book that’s actually pleasing to the eyes. In any case, if you liked the previous books, perhaps you will also like this And as with the previous books, it was already becoming dated before I wrote down the last word.Īlthough Homebrew and Desktop are both considerably dated in many regards, I think much of the analysis is still relevant and holds up fairly well. My research, and eventually had to draw a line beyond which I would not incorporate any new material if I was to complete the book at all. Like the previous books, it is a product of its time, in the sense that I was enthusiastically immersed in the vital events of the day during the writing process.Īs with Homebrew and Desktop, I was always two steps behind the news related to Preliminary investigations into some of the same subject matter: “Techno-Utopianism, Counterfeit and Real,” “The Fulcrum of the Present Crisis,” and Of my research papers at Center for a Stateless Society were much more limited Questions of political organization entailed in post-capitalist transition. Technology and ephemeralization, and those concerning networked communications and stigmergic organization in The Desktop Regulatory State, to the In this case, Exodus applies theįindings of The Homebrew Industrial Revolution regarding micromanufacturing Studies in Mutualist Political Economy, it’s to a large extent a direct outgrowth of myĮarlier books insofar as it addresses in depth issues which I was limited to treating on only in passing in the previous books. On the whole, this is a typical Carson book. Range of contemporary trends and employing aĭiverse array of theoretical perspectives,Ĭarson helps us open our eyes to the possibility In this book, Kevin Carson draws on his earlier insightsĮphemeralization, communication, and stigmergic organization to deepen our understanding Patterns of flourishing social interaction within the shell of an increasingly brittle, unsustainable, and unjust status quo. Revolution driven not by violent upheaval but instead, by the process of fostering new Exodus explores a model of social, political, and economic To Barcelona, people are busy creating the building blocks of a new system within the Gardens, community land trusts, and municipalist movements from Jackson to Rojava The interstices of a dying system in hackerspaces and garage shops, neighborhood Old Left models of postcapitalist transition based on organizational mass, hierarchy,Īnd revolutionary seizure of power are becoming increasingly irrelevant. Researcher on new communications media and resistance movements, Leicester University
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