Social Anarchism and the Rejection of Moral Tyranny, by Jesse Spafford, Cambridge University Press, 242 pages, $110
What do anarchists advocate? It depends on whom you ask. Among free market libertarians, anarchists typically share a vision in which private firms, competing on the market, replace the security services traditionally monopolized by the state. But most self-described anarchists espouse a very different vision in which private property is viewed as a tool of oppression analogous to the state. For social anarchists, communal cooperation and egalitarian sharing should (largely or entirely) replace market competition and private holdings.
