{"product_id":"beyond-state-power-and-violence-abdullah-calan-9781629637631","title":"Beyond State, Power, and Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the dissolution of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) in 2002, internal discussions ran high, and fear and uncertainty about the future of the Kurdish freedom movement threatened to unravel the gains of decades of organizing and armed struggle. From his prison cell, Abdullah ﾖcalan intervened by penning his most influential work to date: \u003cem\u003eBeyond State, Power, and Violence\u003c\/em\u003e. With a stunning vision of a freedom movement centered on women's liberation, democracy, and ecology, ﾖcalan helped reinvigorate the Kurdish freedom movement by providing a revolutionary path forward with what is undoubtedly the furthest-reaching definition of democracy the world has ever seen. Here, for the first time, is the highly anticipated English translation of this monumental work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond State, Power, and Violence\u003c\/em\u003e is a breathtaking reconnaissance into life without the state, an essential portrait of the PKK and the Kurdish freedom movement, and an open blueprint for leftist organizing in the twenty-first century, written by one of the most vitally important political luminaries of today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy carefully analyzing the past and present of the Middle East, ﾖcalan evaluates concrete prospects for the Kurdish people and arrives with his central proposal: recreate the Kurdish freedom movement along the lines of a new paradigm based on the principles of democratic confederalism and democratic autonomy. In the vast scope of this book, ﾖcalan examines the emergence of hierarchies and eventually classes in human societies and sketches his alternative, the democratic-ecological society. This vision, with a theoretical foundation of a nonviolent means of taking power, has ushered in a new era for the Kurdish freedom movement while also offering a fresh and indispensable perspective on the global debate about a new socialism. ﾖcalan's calls for nonhierarchical forms of democratic social organization deserve the careful attention of anyone interested in constructive social thought or rebuilding society along feminist and ecological lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abdullah ﾖcalan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1629637637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629637631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 2.30d","brand":"Abdullah ﾖcalan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983569322239,"sku":"9781629637631","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_648e54d4-df71-4e23-a92c-a75b778fa19b.jpg?v=1683267425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-state-power-and-violence-abdullah-calan-9781629637631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}