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DESCRIPTION:Worshiping Power: An Anarchist Vision of Early State Formation\n\nWhere do 
 states come from, what causes them to arise, and how do they develop? The 
 old dogmas that the State protects and uplifts humanity, or even that it is 
 a necessary evil, have been thoroughly discredited. But many newer 
 theories, that explain state formation within a single optic, or that 
 suggest a single cause, or a linear, progressive evolution, also fall 
 short.\n\nThis new book traces multiple pathways of state formation, 
 describing patterns that arise within many different societies with 
 different models of the family, religion, warfare, commerce, and economic 
 production. Rather than being ancient history, state formation is a 
 continuous process, given that perhaps the only feature universal to state 
 formation is the resistance it provokes. As a result, states are 
 continually falling apart, being overthrown, or struggling to maintain 
 their power.\n\nPeople who fight today against the problems of capitalism, 
 patriarchy, and white supremacy, anyone who seeks to regain control over 
 their lives, becomes wrapped up in this process as they run up against 
 state authority.\n\nArticulating the ongoing history of state 
 formation—from divine states centered around new sites of spiritual 
 production to democratic states arising from corrupted revolutions—allows 
 us to better understand the ways states today attempt to govern, limit, or 
 repress our movements today.\n\nPeter Gelderloos is an anarchist from 
 Virginia who currently lives in Catalunya. He is the author of How 
 Nonviolence Protects the State, Anarchy Works, The Failure of Nonviolence, 
 “An Anarchist Solution to Climate Change,” “A World Without 
 Police,” and other works.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/03/04/18807147.php
SUMMARY:Worshiping Power: Peter Gelderloos on Early State Formation
LOCATION:East Bay Community Space\n507 55th street, Oakland
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/03/04/18807147.php
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