Carson Exodus
Exodus: General Idea of the Revolution in the XXI Century by Kevin Carson, 2021
Intro: On the whole, this is a typical Carson book. Like all my books since Studies in Mutualist Political Economy, it’s to a large extent a direct outgrowth of my earlier books insofar as it addresses in depth issues which I was limited to treating on only in passing in the previous books. In this case, Exodus applies the findings of The Homebrew Industrial Revolution regarding micromanufacturing technology and ephemeralization, and those concerning networked communications and stigmergic organization in The Desktop Regulatory State, to the questions of political organization entailed in post-capitalist transition (post-capitalism).
Table of Contents
Part One: Background
Chapter One: The Age of Mass and Maneuver
- I. A Conflict of Visions
- II. The Triumph of Mass in the Old Left
- III. The Assault on Working Class Agency
- IV. Workerism/Laborism
Chapter Two: Transition
- I. Drastic Reductions in Necessary Outlays for the Means of Production
- II. The Network Revolution and the Imploding Cost of Coordination
- III. The Impotence of Enforcement, and Superiority of Circumvention (Route-Around) to Resistance
- IV. Superior General Efficiency and Low Overhead
- V. Conclusion
Part Two. The Age of Exodus
Chapter Three: Horizontalism and Self-Activity Over Vanguard Institutions
- Introduction
- I. The New Left
- II. Autonomism
- III. The 1968 Movements and the Transition to Horizontalist Praxis
- IV. The Post-1994 Movements
Chapter Four: The Abandonment of Workerism
- I. The Limited Relevance of Proletarianism in the Mass Production Age
- II. Technology and the Declining Relevance of Proletarianism
- III The Abandonment of Proletarianism by the New Left
- IV. The Abandonment of Workerism in Praxis
Chapter Five: Evolutionary Transition Models
- Introduction and Note on Terminology
- I. Comparison to Previous Systemic Transitions
- II. The Nature of Post-Capitalist Transition
Chapter Six: Interstitial Development and Exodus over Insurrection
- Introduction
- I. The Split Within Autonomism
- II. The Shift From the Factory to Society as the Main Locus of Productivity
- III. Negri et al vs. the Commons (Antonio Negri)
- IV. Theoretical Implications
Chapter Seven: Interstitial Development: Practical Issues
- I. Post-1968 (-1994?) Movements
- II. Strategy
Chapter Eight: Interstitial Development: Engagement With the State
Part Three. Seeds beneath the Snow
Chapter Nine: The Commons Sector and the Theory of Municipalism
- Introduction
- I. The Growth of the Commons Sector As a Lifeline
- II. Municipalism: The City as Commons and Platform
Chapter Ten: Municipalism: Local Case Studies
- I. North America
- II. Europe
Chapter Eleven: Municipalism: Building Blocks
Chapter Twelve: The Global South and Federation
- I. Commons-Based Economies in the Global South
- II. Federation
Backmatter
Bibliography
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