Historical Geographies of Anarchism : Early Critical Geographers and Present-Day Scientific Challenges

255 Pages·2017·21.2 MB·English

by  Federico Ferretti et al. (eds.)

Historical Geographies of Anarchism
In the last few years, anarchism has been rediscovered as a transnational,
cosmopolitanandmultifacetedmovement.Itstraditions,oftenhastilydismissed,
are increasingly revealing insights which inspire present-day scholarship in
geography.This book provides a historicalgeographyof anarchism, analysing
the places and spatiality of historical anarchist movements, key thinkers, and
the present scientific challenges of the geographical anarchist traditions.
This volume offers rich and detailed insights into the lesser-known worlds
of anarchist geographies with contributions from international leading
experts. It also explores the historical geographies of anarchism by examining
their expressions in a series of distinct geographical contexts and their devel-
opment over time. Contributions examine the changes that the anarchist
movement(s) sought to bring out in their space and time, and the way this
spirit continues to animate the anarchist geographies of our own, perhaps
often in unpredictable ways. There is also an examination of contemporary
expressions of anarchist geographical thought in the fields of social move-
ments, environmental struggles, post-statist geographies, indigenous thinking
and situated cosmopolitanisms.
This is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in historical
geography, political geography, social movements and anarchism.
Federico Ferretti is a Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Geo-
graphy, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland.
Gerónimo Barrera de laTorre isagraduate student atthe Universityof Texas
at Austin, USA.
Anthony Ince is a Lecturerin Human Geography in the School of Geography
and Planning, Cardiff University, UK.
Francisco Toro is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the Department of
Regional Geographical Analysis and Physical Geography, University of
Granada, Spain.
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Historical Geographies of Anarchism: Early Critical Geographers and
Present-Day Scientific Challenges
Edited by Federico Ferretti, Gerónimo Barrera de la Torre, Anthony Ince and
Francisco Toro
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Contents
List of illustrations vii
List of contributors viii
Foreword: Anarchy is forever: The infinite and eternal moment
of struggle x
SIMONSPRINGER
Introduction 1
FEDERICOFERRETTI,GERÓNIMOBARRERADELATORRE,ANTHONYINCEAND
FRANCISCOTORO
PARTI
Spaces of the history of anarchism 5
1 Anarchists and the city: Governance, revolution and the
imagination 7
CARLLEVY
2 Uncovering and understanding hidden bonds: Applying social
field theory to the financial records of anarchist newspapers 25
ANDREWHOYT
3 The other nation: The places of the Italian anarchist press in the
USA 40
DAVIDETURCATO
4 Humour,violence and cruelty inlatenineteenth-centuryanarchist
culture 65
JULIANBRIGSTOCKE
PARTII
Early anarchist geographies and their places 87
5 The thought of Élisée Reclus as a source of inspiration
for degrowth ethos 89
FRANCISCOTORO
vi Contents
6 Revolutions and their places: The anarchist geographers and the
problem of nationalities in the Age of Empire (1875–1914) 113
FEDERICOFERRETTI
7 Historicising ‘anarchist geography’: Six issues for debate from a
historian’s point of view 129
PASCALESIEGRIST
PARTIII
Anarchist geographies, places and present challenges 151
8 Lived spaces of anarchy: Colin Ward’s social anarchy in action 153
DAVIDCROUCH
9 Moment, flow, language, non-plan: The unique architecture of
insurrection in a Brazilian urban periphery 165
RITAVELLOSO
10 Future (pre-)histories of the state: On anarchy, archaeology, and
the decolonial 179
ANTHONYINCEANDGERÓNIMOBARRERADELATORRE
11 On ‘Other’ geographies and anarchisms 195
NARCISOBARRERA-BASSOLSANDGERÓNIMOBARRERADELATORRE
Bibliography 209
Index 234
Illustrations
Figures
3.1 Yearly fluctuation in the number of periodicals in Italy and
United States, 1893–1927 46
3.2 Front page of Il Libertario (La Spezia), 2 March 1916 48
3.3 Front page of Cronaca Sovversiva (Lynn, MA), 11 September
1915 50
3.4 New York World of 8 January 1900 62
4.1 Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Cover for the journal La Vache
enragée, 1896, Paris 72
4.2 Anonymous, Front page of the journal L’Etat naturel et la part
du prolétaire dans la civilisation, 1894, Paris 80
Tables
3.1 Distribution of Italian anarchist periodicals bystate, 1872–1971 41
3.2 Cumulative life span of Italian anarchist periodicals, grouped
by state 42
3.3 Periodicals’cumulative life span, by state, before and after 1915 43
3.4 Periodicals’ cumulative life span, by city, before 1915 43
3.5 Anarchist periodicals’ circulation, sorted by upper bound 51
3.6 Cash flowof main anarchist periodicals 52
3.7 Distribution of Italian foreign-born population in 1910 and
1920, by region 54
3.8 Distribution of donations to Italian periodicals, by region, in
Italian liras 55
3.9 Distribution of Italian foreign-born population in 1910 and
1920, by state 56
3.10 Distribution of donations to Italian periodicals, by state, in
Italian liras 56
3.11 Per capita donations to Italian periodicals, by state, in
ascending order 58
11.1 Indigenous landscapes 200
Contributors
Narciso Barrera-Bassols is Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Quer-
étaro, México. Trained in Anthropology, Narciso is now a specialist of
Environmental Geography and member of a number of Latin American
groups of socially engaged scholars.
Gerónimo Barrera de la Torre is PhD Student at the University of Texas at
Austin. After completing his research master in Mexico, Gerónimo is now
working on post-statist geographies and postcolonial anthropologies.
Julian Brigstocke is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of
Cardiff. Julian is a cultural geographer and social theorist interested in the
relationships between geographyand aesthetics, with a special focus on the
role played by power and authority.
DavidCrouchisProfessorofGeographyattheUniversityofDerby.Interested
in cultural geography, social anthropology, cultural and visual studies and
art theory, David collaborated with the famous urbanist and anarchist
thinker Colin Ward.
Federico Ferretti is Lecturer in Human Geography at University College
Dublin. Trained as an historical geographer, Federico works on the interna-
tional networks of early anarchist geographers and on anti and postcolonial
geographieswithaspecialfocusonLatinAmerica.
Andrew Hoyt, historian, is about to conclude his PhD dissertation at the
University of Minnesota, focusing on transatlantic radical print culture,
particularly the poetry and art embedded in Italian language anarchist
publications (1880s to 1940s).
Anthony Ince is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Cardiff.
Hisinterestsaresituatedintheintersectionsofpoliticalandsocialgeographies
and apply to a wide range of empirical subjects, including far-right political
movements,backpacking,labour,andtheso-called‘sharingeconomy’.
Carl Levy is ProfessorofHistoryatGoldsmithsUniversity,London.Aspecia-
listin the historyof Italian anarchismand especially in the figureof Errico
Contributors ix
Malatesta,Carlisinterested inthewiderfield of comparative labourhistory
in Europe.
Pascale Siegrist, historian, is about to conclude her PhD dissertation at the
University of Konstanz. Trained in Russian Studies, Pascale works on the
international networks of anarchist geographers Kropotkin and Reclus.
Simon Springer is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of
Victoria. A specialist in political violence in Cambodia, he is one of the
most famous international protagonists of present-day revival of anarchist
geographies.
FranciscoToroisLecturerinHumanGeographyattheUniversityofGranada.
Francisco’s research interests lie in sustainability, ecological crisis, planning,
and the nature–society interactions.
Davide Turcato was granted his PhD at the Simon Fraser University Vancou-
ver. Historian, he is an internationally recognized specialist of the transna-
tional networks of Italian anarchism and editor of the monumental project
of the Complete Works of Errico Malatesta.
Rita Velloso is Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal Uni-
versity of Minas Gerais and at the Catholic University in Belo Horizonte.
Her research interests lie in urbanism, social movements and critical ideas
on the city, with a special focus on the relations between architecture and
philosophy.