May 14, 1973 Murray Bookchin replies to Jeremy Brecher’s review of Post-Scarcity Anarchism. I take Jeremy Brecher to be a decent, intelligent, and honest guy whom I know personally and like very much. Hence, when Jeremy comes out with a 37-page (typescript) review of my book, Post-Scarcity Anarchism, that misinterprets important aspects of the… Read More »
A Post-Affluence Critique
Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin (Ramparts Press, 1971) reviewed by Jeremy Brecher Root & Branch No. 4 (1973), pp. 7-22. I Throughout the 1960’s, the themes of a return to nature, hostility to synthetics, anti-“consumerism,” dissolution of sexual restrictions and roles, community and tribalism, internal exploration through drugs and other means, all became widespread among… Read More »