Jul
22
2021
2 comments
Review of Laursen's new book on anarchism and the state
By thecollective
from Anarkismo by Wayne Price
His overriding metaphor of the state is as a master operating system. Whatever its advantages in showing society as dynamic and interacting, it leads to underestimating the internal conflicts within the society, such as between capitalists and the state. Particularly, it leads to downplaying the class conflict within capitalism. The book is also weak in considering what an alternate social system might be like.