Evans, D and Stainforth, E (2023) Learning to live: Anarcho-syndicalism and utopia in Spain, 1931–37. International Journal of Iberian Studies, 36 (1). pp. 3-20. ISSN 1364-971X
Abstract
This article reassesses the debate around the meaning of ‘libertarian communism’ within the Spanish anarcho-syndicalist movement in the years prior to and during the Civil War. Drawing on recent historical and theoretical literature that argues for a non-pejorative and analytical understanding of utopia, it brings renewed attention to this aspect of Spanish anarcho-syndicalism. The article focuses on the proposals for a definition of libertarian communism that were debated in the run up to and during the National Confederation of Labour’s (CNT) Zaragoza Congress in May 1936. It argues that a utopian imagination was central to the movement’s self-understanding and concrete achievements, and not confined to its more idealist currents.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Intellect Ltd. The definitive, peer reviewed and edited version of this article is published in International Journal of Iberian Studies, 2022, http://doi.org/10.1386/ijis_00078_1. |
Keywords: | CNT ; Guerra Civil española ; Zaragoza Congress ; Congreso de Zaragoza ; commune ; libertarian communism ; anarquismo ; comunismo libertario ; utopia ; Spanish Civil War ; comuna ; revolution ; utopía ; anarchism ; revolución |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jan 2023 16:31 |
Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2024 14:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Intellect |
Identification Number: | 10.1386/ijis_00078_1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194715 |