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Five years after his death in 1972, Paul Goodman was characterized by anarchist historian George Woodcock as ""the only truly seminal libertarian thinker in our generation."" In this new PM Press initiative, Goodman's literary executor Taylor Stoehr has gathered together nine core texts from his anarchist legacy to future generations. Here will be found the ""utopian essays and practical proposals"" that inspired the dissident youth of the Sixties, influencing movement theory and practice so profoundly that they have become underlying assumptions of today's radicalism. Goodman's analyses of citizenship and civil disobedience, decentralism and the organized system, show him Drawing the Line Once Again, mindful of the long anarchist tradition, and especially of the Jeffersonian democracy that resonated strongly in his own political thought. This is a deeply American book, a potent antidote to US global imperialism and domestic anomie.

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The core of Goodman's politics was his definition of anarchism . . . He most passionately believed that man must not commit treason against himself, whatever the statecapitalist, socialist, et alcommands. Nat Hentoff, Village Voice Paul Goodman has been one of the few integrated and hence liberated people of our age . . . He may well have been the only truly seminal libertarian thinker in our generation. George Woodcock, historian of anarchism The important thing about Paul is that he raises the right questions. The fact that most of his answers are brilliant gives the reader an extra bonus. Dave Dellinger, peace activist and founder, Liberation magazine Paul Goodman brought a new invigorating stream into American anarchism, simply through his insistence that in all the problems of daily life we are faced with the possibility of choice between authoritarian and libertarian solutions . . . [This book's]sympathetic editing introduces Goodman's social criticism to a new generation. Colin Ward, community planner Editor Taylor Stoehr relates how he found in Goodman a man who had found 'another way to live, ' a man whose refusal to conform could shock a young mind back into its best instincts. Bookforum

Paul Goodman has been one of the few integrated and hence liberated people of our age . . . He may well have been the only truly seminal libertarian thinker in our generation. --George Woodcock, historian of anarchism Paul Goodman brought a new invigorating stream into American anarchism, simply through his insistence that in all the problems of daily life we are faced with the possibility of choice between authoritarian and libertarian solutions . . . [This book's] sympathetic editing introduces Goodman's social criticism to a new generation. --Colin Ward, community planner Editor Taylor Stoehr relates how he found in Goodman a man who had found 'another way to live, ' a man whose refusal to conform could shock a young mind back into its best instincts. --Bookforum The important thing about Paul is that he raises the right questions. The fact that most of his answers are brilliant gives the reader an extra bonus. --Dave Dellinger, peace activist and founder, Liberation magazine The core of Goodman's politics was his definition of anarchism . . . He most passionately believed that man must not commit treason against himself, whatever the state--capitalist, socialist, et al--commands. --Nat Hentoff, Village Voice

Editor Taylor Stoehr relates how he found in Goodman a man who had found 'another way to live, ' a man whose refusal to conform could shock a young mind back into its best instincts. --Bookforum

""Paul Goodman has been one of the few integrated and hence liberated people of our age... He may well have been the only truly seminal libertarian thinker in our generation."" --George Woodcock, historian of anarchism ""Paul Goodman brought a new invigorating stream into American anarchism, simply through his insistence that in all the problems of daily life we are faced with the possibility of choice between authoritarian and libertarian solutions. Taylor Stoehr's sympathetic editing introduces Goodman's social criticism to a new generation."" --Colin Ward, community planner and public intellectual ""When I get confused about what is happening and what to do about it, I miss Paul's eager and perceptive counsel... The important thing about Paul is that he raises the right questions. The fact that most of his answers are brilliant gives the reader an extra bonus."" --Dave Dellinger, peace activist and founder of Liberation magazine ""The core of Goodman's politics was his definition of anarchism...look not to the state for solutions but discover them for yourselves... He most passionately believed that man must not commit treason against himself, whatever the state--capitalist, socialist, et al--commands."" --Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice

Editor Taylor Stoehr relates how he found in Goodman a man who had found 'another way to live, ' a man whose refusal to conform could shock a young mind back into its best instincts. Bookforum

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Paul Goodman is the author of Decentralizing Power and the bestselling Growing Up Absurd. He set the agenda for the youth movement of the 1960s and lectured on subjects ranging from politics, education, and community planning to psychotherapy, religion, and literature.

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