Attack the System
Anarchism and Spirituality: An Interview with Jay Cypher

February 22, 2014

Keith Preston interviews Jay Cypher, anarchist anthropologist and scholar of the relationship between spirituality, religion, and social movements. Topics include:

Topics include:

• Her recent lecture “Anarchy and Spiritual Practice.”
• Libertarian tendencies within various religious traditions.
• Her involvement with the National-Anarchist Tribal Alliance of New York.
• Do-It-Yourself activism and intentional communities.
• Anarchism on the macro-level and micro-level.
• The human instinct for freedom and resistance to oppression.
• The importance of alternative sources of food production.
• The role of art, music, and culture in raising political consciousness.
• The influence of Mayan traditions on the Zapatista revolutionary movement.
• How modern metropolises might function on decentralized lines.
• The self-limiting hypocrisies of the wider anarchist movement.
• The growth of libertarianism and the future of anarchism.
• The archetype of the “Anarch” and the quest for inner freedom and personal autarchy.

File type: MP3
Length: 1:50:41
Bitrate: 32kb/s CBR

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Jay Cypher’s presentation on Anarchism as Spiritual Practice on Youtube: