A review by lord_tyronisis
Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice by Rudolf Rocker
2.0
This review will be very similar to my other reviews of Anarcho-Communist books I’ve read.
The author’s points about the State are very pertinent, his economic analysis is dreadful.
Rocker doesn’t define any of his terms. He uses the term “exploitation” quite a bit, yet I don’t know what he means by it.
Nowhere does he ever consider the role of the entrepreneur in creating businesses, like Marx to Rocker they are just parasites.
I quite enjoyed the critique of Marx and his intellectual progeny, yet Rocker still relies upon a Marxist framework for his analysis. The dialectics of history, “exploitation,” class consciousness, the state as an edifice on the superstructure. For someone who denounces Marxism, he appears to rely on it heavily.
I also found it quite humorous how much praise he heaped upon the Spanish anarchists, particularly when they were defeated so crushingly, largely thanks to the Communists.
The author’s points about the State are very pertinent, his economic analysis is dreadful.
Rocker doesn’t define any of his terms. He uses the term “exploitation” quite a bit, yet I don’t know what he means by it.
Nowhere does he ever consider the role of the entrepreneur in creating businesses, like Marx to Rocker they are just parasites.
I quite enjoyed the critique of Marx and his intellectual progeny, yet Rocker still relies upon a Marxist framework for his analysis. The dialectics of history, “exploitation,” class consciousness, the state as an edifice on the superstructure. For someone who denounces Marxism, he appears to rely on it heavily.
I also found it quite humorous how much praise he heaped upon the Spanish anarchists, particularly when they were defeated so crushingly, largely thanks to the Communists.