Anarchist Cybernetics

* Book: Anarchist Cybernetics. Control and Communication in Radical Politics. By Thomas Swann. Bristol University Press / Policy Press, 2021.

URL = https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/anarchist-cybernetics

Description

"From Occupy, to the Indignados and the Arab Spring, the uprisings that marked the last decade ignited a re-emergence of participatory democracy as a political ideal within organizations.

This pioneering book introduces cybernetic thinking to politics and organizational studies to explore the continuing development of this radical idea. With a focus on communication and how alternative social media platforms present new challenges and opportunities for radical organising, it sheds new light on the concepts of self-organization, consensus decision making, individual autonomy and collective identity.

Revolutionising the way in which anarchist activists and theorists think about organizations, this unprecedented investigation makes a major contribution to the larger discussion of direct democracy."