Collective action for political change
May. 29th, 2014 10:48 pmEr, this started out as a book rec for ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
frayadjacent, but it kind of...grew? The book I wanted to rec isn't available in English, so I ended up summarizing the whole thing in about 5000 words. Although this is for my own reference, too.
The book is The Hidden Disciplining of Society - Power and Counter-Power (Den dolda disciplineringen - Makt och motmakt), by the Norwegian author Thomas Mathiesen. It was written in the early 1980's and is a summary of lessons learned by the Scandinavian political left and other alternative movements during the 1970's. I really like it because it introduces so many useful theoretical concepts, and at the same time is so easy and clear to read and so applicable to concrete political struggles.
Clearly some of this might be dated and/or not applicable outside Scandinavia, but while reading it I am constantly struck by how relevant it still is.
( The purpose of this book is to show that collective action for political change is desirable and possible. )
frayadjacent, but it kind of...grew? The book I wanted to rec isn't available in English, so I ended up summarizing the whole thing in about 5000 words. Although this is for my own reference, too. The book is The Hidden Disciplining of Society - Power and Counter-Power (Den dolda disciplineringen - Makt och motmakt), by the Norwegian author Thomas Mathiesen. It was written in the early 1980's and is a summary of lessons learned by the Scandinavian political left and other alternative movements during the 1970's. I really like it because it introduces so many useful theoretical concepts, and at the same time is so easy and clear to read and so applicable to concrete political struggles.
Clearly some of this might be dated and/or not applicable outside Scandinavia, but while reading it I am constantly struck by how relevant it still is.
( The purpose of this book is to show that collective action for political change is desirable and possible. )
