Political Economy from Below: Economic Thought in Communitarian Anarchism, 1840-1914

Abstract

Communitarian anarchism is a form of socialism which denies the need for governance over the individual, requiring the absolute belief that the individual cannot exist outside of a community of others. This book suggests that the communitarian anarchists of the nineteenth century developed a distinct tradition of economic thought. The economic thought explored in this book provides a fresh perception of the fragmentation evident in many societies today, especially where there is a substantial "informal economy."