Apparently, Kevin Carson, who is definitely the best modern anarchist economist, has a publicly available manuscript for a new book examining different theories of the state. As many readers know, I lean toward a type of hybrid theory of left/right power elite models, a kind of intersection of James Burnham and C. Wright Mills, although modified for contemporary circumstances (the insights of Michael Lind and Joel Kotkin are helpful, for example).
By Kevin Carson
Part One: Origin and Theory of the State
Chapter One — Origin and History of the State
Chapter Two — Theory of the State: General Survey of the Ground
Chapter Three — Theory of the State: Interest Group Pluralism
Chapter Four — Theory of the State: Marx and Engels
Chapter Five — Theory of the State: Miliband and Instrumentalism
Chapter Six — Theory of the State: Corporate Liberalism
Chapter Seven — Theory of the State: Power Elite
Chapter Eight — Theory of the State: Structuralist Marxism
Chapter Nine — Theory of the State: State Autonomism
Chapter Ten — Theory of the State: “Cockup/Foulup” Theory
Chapter Eleven — Theory of the State: The Question of Democracy
Part Two: Praxis
Chapter Thirteen — The Rupturalist Error vs. Interstitialism
Chapter Fourteen — The Many and the One
- I. “Under Capitalism,” or the Essentializing Fallacy
- II. The Belly of the Beast, the Form of the Destructor, and the Concupiscence of Power
