Decolonizing Anarchism: An Antiauthoritarian History of India's Liberation Struggle (Anarchist Interventions)

Decolonizing Anarchism looks at the history of South Asian struggles against colonialism and neocolonialism, highlighting lesser-known dissidents as well as iconic figures. This approach reveals an alternate narrative of decolonization, in which achieving a nation-state is not the objective. Maia Ramnath also studies the anarchist vision of alternate society, which closely echoes the concept of total decolonization on the political, economic, social, cultural, and psychological planes. This facilitates not only a reinterpretation of the history of anticolonialism, but insight into the meaning of anarchism itself. Maia Ramnath teaches at New York University and is a board member of the Institute for Anarchist Studies. Contents 8 Introduction 10 1. Decolonization 22 The Highest Form of Anarchism 24 Anticolonialism ≠ Nationalism 25 Anarchism ≈ Decolonization 35 Modernity = Coloniality? 37 Anarchism = Modernity? 43 2. Echoes and Intersections 52 The Propagandists of the Deed 54 Bengal 56 London 65 Paris 71 Full Circle 75 Anarchism? 79 The Anarcho-syndicalists 87 Har Dayal 89 Mukerji 119 The Critical Leftists 133 Acharya 134 Lotvala 143 Bhagat Singh 154 The Romantic Countermodernists 172 Tagore 173 Gandhi 180 States and Village Republics 186 Sarvodaya 197 On Reaction and Progress 212 The New Social Movements 215 The Postcolonial State 217 The Nontraditional Left 223 The Nonparty People's Movements 233 3. Purna Swaraj 254 On Solidarity 256 Notes 270 Introduction 270 Highest Form of Anarchism 270 The Propagandists of the Deed 271 The Anarcho-syndicalists 278 The Critical Leftists 283 The Romantic Countermodemists 289 The New Social Movements 295 On Solidarity 299 Credits for Anarchist Interventions 301 *Decolonizing Anarchism* examines the history of South Asian struggles against colonialism and neocolonialism, highlighting lesser-known dissidents as well as iconic figures. What emerges is an alternate narrative of decolonization, in which liberation is not defined by the achievement of a nation-state. Author Maia Ramnath suggests that the anarchist vision of an alternate society closely echoes the concept of total decolonization on the political, economic, social, cultural, and psychological planes. *Decolonizing Anarchism* facilitates more than a reinterpretation of the history of anticolonialism; it also supplies insight into the meaning of anarchism itself. (Source: [AK Press](https://www.akpress.org/decolonizinganarchism.html)) Introduction Decolonization The Highest Form of Anarchism Echoes and Intersections The Propagandists of the Deed The Anarcho-syndicalists The Critical Leftists The Romantic Countermodemists The New Social Movements Puma Swaraj On Solidarity Notes Credits for Anarchist Interventions