{"product_id":"beyond-state-power-and-violence-hardcover","title":"Beyond State, Power, and Violence - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbdullah Öcalan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrej Grubačic\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eInternational Initiative\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the dissolution of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) in 2002, internal discussions ran high, and fear and uncertainty about the future of the Kurdish freedom movement threatened to unravel the gains of decades of organizing and armed struggle. From his prison cell, Abdullah Öcalan intervened by penning his most influential work to date: \u003cem\u003eBeyond State, Power, and Violence\u003c\/em\u003e. With a stunning vision of a freedom movement centered on women's liberation, democracy, and ecology, Öcalan helped reinvigorate the Kurdish freedom movement by providing a revolutionary path forward with what is undoubtedly the furthest-reaching definition of democracy the world has ever seen. Here, for the first time, is the highly anticipated English translation of this monumental work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond State, Power, and Violence\u003c\/em\u003e is a breathtaking reconnaissance into life without the state, an essential portrait of the PKK and the Kurdish freedom movement, and an open blueprint for leftist organizing in the twenty-first century, written by one of the most vitally important political luminaries of today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy carefully analyzing the past and present of the Middle East, Öcalan evaluates concrete prospects for the Kurdish people and arrives with his central proposal: recreate the Kurdish freedom movement along the lines of a new paradigm based on the principles of democratic confederalism and democratic autonomy. In the vast scope of this book, Öcalan examines the emergence of hierarchies and eventually classes in human societies and sketches his alternative, the democratic-ecological society. This vision, with a theoretical foundation of a nonviolent means of taking power, has ushered in a new era for the Kurdish freedom movement while also offering a fresh and indispensable perspective on the global debate about a new socialism. Öcalan's calls for nonhierarchical forms of democratic social organization deserve the careful attention of anyone interested in constructive social thought or rebuilding society along feminist and ecological lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbdullah Öcalan\u003c\/b\u003e actively led the Kurdish liberation struggle as the head of the PKK from its foundation in 1978 until his abduction in February 1999. He is regarded as a leading strategist and the most important political representative of the Kurdish freedom movement.\u003cb\u003e Andrej Grubacic \u003c\/b\u003eis the founding chair of the Anthropology and Social Change Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies-San Francisco and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 688\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.3 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769639534880,"sku":"9781629637631","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1f514f7645b3e4d38e19bc542bdffc3b.webp?v=1780352690","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/beyond-state-power-and-violence-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}