Emma Goldman

Political Thinking In The Streets

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Paperback, 362 pages

Published Aug. 26, 2012 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

ISBN:
9780742523012

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5 stars (1 review)

Emma Goldman has often been read for her colorful life story, her lively if troubled sex life, and her wide-ranging political activism. Few have taken her seriously as a political thinker, even though in her lifetime she was a vigorous public intellectual within a global network of progressive politics. Engaging Goldman as a political thinker allows us to rethink the common dualism between theory and practice, scrutinize stereotypes of anarchism by placing Goldman within a fuller historical context, recognize the remarkable contributions of anarchism in creating public life, and open up contemporary politics to the possibilities of transformative feminism.

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reviewed Emma Goldman by Kathy E. Ferguson

incredibly good

5 stars

i really really liked the book! ferguson is critical, but examines goldmans thinking in the context. i especially liked the chapter about race, and how goldman viewed race - even though she collapsed race into class and did not really think of race as a system with a history even though she condemned racist violene and took her own jewishness as a reference frame, these flaws provide opportunities for contemporary anarchists to learn from her mistakes and make it better while also learn from her insights. it's really refreshing to see somebody taking goldman serious as a political thinker and not only as a "emotional woman who thought a bit about anarchism but ehhh she doesn't have university education so she doesn't matter anyway".