Post-Anarchism

Post-anarchism or postanarchism  

is an anarchist philosophy that employs post-structuralist andpostmodernist approaches. 

The term post-structuralist anarchism is used as well, so as not to suggest having moved beyond anarchism. 

It is not a single coherent theory, but rather refers to the combined works of any number of post-structuralists such as Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Lacan; postmodern feministssuch as Judith Butler; and post-Marxists such as Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, Jacques Rancière; 

with those of the classical anarchists, with particular concentration on Emma Goldman, Max Stirner, and Friedrich Nietzsche. 

Thus, the terminology can vary widely in both approach and outcome

 

Common concepts within post-anarchism include:

• the misalignment of the subject in relation to discourse
• the denaturalization of the body and sexuality
• the rejection of the repressive hypothesis
• Foucault's genealogy
• the deconstruction of the binary oppositions of Western thought
• the deconstruction of gender roles through feminist post-structuralism