• DOI:10.1177/1473095211413753
Corpus ID: 8034567

Postanarchism and space: Revolutionary fantasies and autonomous zones

@article{Newman2011PostanarchismAS,
  title={Postanarchism and space: Revolutionary fantasies and autonomous zones},
  author={S. Newman},
  journal={Planning Theory},
  year={2011},
  volume={10},
  pages={344 - 365}
}

S. Newman

Published 2011

Sociology

Planning Theory

In this paper, I call for a re-consideration of anarchism and its alternative ways of conceptualising spaces for radical politics. Here I apply a Lacanian analysis of the social imaginary to explore the utopian fantasies and desires that underpin social spaces, discourses and practices – including planning, and revolutionary politics. I will go on to develop – via Castoriadis and others – a distinctly post-anarchist conception of political space based around the project of autonomy and the re… CONTINUE READING

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