Guest totw by ArtxmisGrahamThoreau
In the early to mid 20th century Japan, there was a tendency of anarchism called “pure anarchism.” It was a reaction of communist-anarchists against Syndicalist-anarchists, who the “pure” anarchists saw as being influenced by marxism. today, there are some who reject any assimilation of marxism or other ideas into their anarchism. a religious purification, not unlike the purification or reform movements of religions. you might be “too leftist”, “too right-wing” or some other shut-down of conversation.
On an Uncivilized podcast episode, one suggested primitivism finally “jettison the remnants of marxism” from our analysis. While we should be cautious of left-wing or authoritarian tendencies, I don’t believe there is a need or cause to reject wholesale any ideas foreign to our tendencies of anarchism. Anarchism partially means freedom, which includes intellectual freedom.
So the questions are — is anarchism sufficient on its own? Does the inclusion of “non-anarchist” (whatever that means) ideas mean anarchy is not sufficient unto its own end? is that bad? Can liberation come only from anarchy? What about cultural and spiritual regeneration?
