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In a new study of politogenesis state formation that will shake up the status quo, Peter Gelderloos cuts through inadequate theories of state-formation on both the right and the left to offer a new and innovative analysis that is as useful to academic theorists as it is to anarchists seeking to dismantle the institution. Where did the state come from? Where is it going? Worshiping Power discusses the answers given by historical materialism, geographical determinism and primitivism, showing that there are major problems with all of them.

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An insightful, sweeping analysis of how and why states have arisen (or haven t), delivered in sparklingly clear prose. It is everything that an anarchist history should be: heretical, tentative, and provocative, as well as deeply researched, persuasive, and above all, relevant. Kenyon Zimmer, author of <i>Immigrants Against the State</i> A work of ethnographic theory that suggests stimulating new avenues of empirical research and theoretical inquiry. The book is also an excellent read! Andrej Grubacic, author of <i>Living at the Edges of Capitalism</i> Gelderloos dares to do what most contemporary thinkers blindly refuse. For far too long we ve been gripped by an unshakable faith in statist politics. <i>Worshiping Power </i>is not just a reclamation of our history, it offers a glimpse into the reconvening of our humanity. Simon Springer, author of <i>The Anarchist Roots of Geography</i> Contemporary radical state theory owes much to an anarchistic ethos. Gelderloos s important little book surveys and reinterprets this literature, and then gives it a coherent anarchist politics. Alex Prichard, University of Exeter

An insightful, sweeping analysis of how and why states have arisen (or haven t), delivered in sparklingly clear prose. It is everything that an anarchist history should be: heretical, tentative, and provocative, as well as deeply researched, persuasive, and above all, relevant. Kenyon Zimmer, author of Immigrants Against the State A work of ethnographic theory that suggests stimulating new avenues of empirical research and theoretical inquiry. The book is also an excellent read! Andrej Grubacic, author of Living at the Edges of Capitalism Gelderloos dares to do what most contemporary thinkers blindly refuse. For far too long we ve been gripped by an unshakable faith in statist politics. Worshiping Power is not just a reclamation of our history, it offers a glimpse into the reconvening of our humanity. Simon Springer, author of The Anarchist Roots of Geography Contemporary radical state theory owes much to an anarchistic ethos. Gelderloos s important little book surveys and reinterprets this literature, and then gives it a coherent anarchist politics. Alex Prichard, University of Exeter

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Peter Gelderloos: Peter Gelderloos is an anarchist writer originally from Virginia. He is author of How Nonviolence Protects the State, Consensus, and Anarchy Works.

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