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Bob Black (anarchist)

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Bob Black
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Born (1951-01-04) January 4, 1951 (age 75)
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Notable work The Abolition of Work (1985), Rants and Incendiary Tracts (1989}

Robert Charles Black Jr. (born January 4, 1951) is an American anarchist best known for his 1985 essay The Abolition of Work . He is often identified as a post-leftist anarchist, having coined the term itself.

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Early life and education

Robert Charles Black Jr. [1] was born on January 4, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan and attended the Oak Park High School until 1969. [2] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan in 1973, a Master of Arts (MA) in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984, an MA in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany, SUNY in 1992, and a Master of Laws in Criminal Law from the University at Buffalo in 2005. [3]

Writings

The Abolition of Work (1985)

Black is best known for his 1985 essay The Abolition of Work [4] which demands the abolition of work on the argument that it inherently causes suffering. [5] In this widely read and influential essay, [6] Black defines work as "forced labor, that is, compulsory production" [7] and presents an alternative social system where such work is instead turned into "play" that would generate "production of use-values" through "delightful play-activity". [8] In this book Black also advocates left-wing accelerationism. [9]

Rants and Incendiary Tracts (1989)

Alongside Adam Parfrey, Black edited the anthology volume Rants and Incendiary Tracts in 1989, published by Amok Press and Loompanics Unlimited. [10] Rants is an anthology book of "rants", with chapters sourced from numerous sources by different authors. The book includes writers of a variety of ideologies, [11] including from many left-wing and anarchist writers as well as far-right writers. By 1994, Black had denounced his co-editor Parfrey as "a pissant hustler, a liar, and a thief". [12]

Anarchy after Leftism (1997)

Black is believed to have coined the term "post-left anarchism" (or post-leftism) in his book Anarchy after Leftism, [4] which focuses primarily on critiquing the ideas of Murray Bookchin. In opposition to what Bookchin presents as "social anarchism", Black accuses him of using Marxist arguments and attempting a hierarchical system incompatible with anarchist principles. [13] Instead, Black advocates a post-leftist form of anarchism which rejects left-wing politics broadly and even ideology itself. The book is often considered a seminal work of post-leftism and Black a key defender of post-leftist anarchism. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Black 1992, p. 96.
  2. ↑ Black 1992, pp. 109–110.
  3. ↑ Wilson & Kinna 2012, pp. 332–333.
  4. 1 2 Wilson & Kinna 2012, p. 333.
  5. ↑ Forde, Elaine (October 15, 2020). Living Off-Grid in Wales: Eco-Villages in Policy and Practice. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 50. ISBN   978-1-78683-659-5.
  6. ↑ Kinna, Ruth (October 29, 2013). "Anarchism". Oxford Bibliographies Online . Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/obo/9780199756384-0059. ISBN   978-0-19-975638-4 . Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  7. ↑ Cholbi, Michael (2023). "Philosophical Approaches to Work and Labor". In Zalta, Edward N.; Nodelman, Uri (eds.). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2023 ed.). Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  8. ↑ Sandoval 2018, p. 5.
  9. ↑ Fedorchenko, Mikhail (2021). Maguhn, Artemiy (ed.). "Посттруд и технологии в пределах посткапитализма: реактуализируя онтологии левого акселерационизма" (PDF). Lomonosov Conference (in Russian). Lomonosov State University: 2.
  10. ↑ Datlow, Ellen; Windling, Terri, eds. (1990). The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. xl. ISBN   978-0-312-04450-3.
  11. ↑ Oldfield, Paul (May 20, 1989). "Immedia: Mouths Almighty". Melody Maker . Vol. 65, no. 20. London. p. 50. ISSN   0025-9012.
  12. ↑ Sunshine, Spencer (2024). Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason's Siege. New York: Routledge. pp. 214, 226. ISBN   978-0-429-57601-0.
  13. ↑ Firth 2019, p. 501.
  14. ↑ Curran, G. (October 31, 2006). 21st Century Dissent: Anarchism, Anti-Globalization and Environmentalism. Springer. p. 33. ISBN   978-0-230-80084-7.

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