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- Title
Learning to live: Anarcho-syndicalism and utopia in Spain, 1931–37.
- Authors
Evans, Danny; Stainforth, Elizabeth
- 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.
- Subjects
ZARAGOZA (Spain); SPAIN; IMAGINATION; REVOLUTIONS; SPANISH Civil War, 1936-1939; UTOPIAS; ANARCHISM; CONFEDERATION of states; HISTORICAL literature; CIVIL war
- Publication
International Journal of Iberian Studies, 2023, Vol 36, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
1364-971X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/ijis_00078_1