Gabriel Kuhn

Gabriel Kuhn (born 1972 in Innsbruck ) is a writer and author of books that deal with poststructuralism and anarchism. He published works in English and German.

Life and thought

Gabriel Kuhn grew up in different countries. Among others, Turkey, England and the USA After studying philosophy in Austria and the U.S., he lived in the Middle East and the South Pacific islands, before returning to the United States. Since 2005 he lives mainly in Sweden.

Kuhn grapples mainly with the philosophical mindset of post-structuralism. His work is much influenced by classical anarchism and the Anglo-American Cultural Studies. He pursues the aim to bring theory into concrete reference to practice and to understand as an aspect of his political activity. On the basis of anarchist concepts he refers to solidarity approaches away from oppression. His writings are mainly aimed at activists and scholars in left and left-wing contexts.

In January 2010, Kuhn was forced to cancel a lecture tour in the United States since he was granted entry permit.

Activity

Politically active is Kuhn since 1989. Early 1990s, he worked for several years in TATblatt collective, Innsbruck and has published in the anarchist Viennese publisher Monte Verità, including life under the skull. Anarchism and piracy, 1994. This text appeared in English translation as part of the book Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger in Canada ( Montreal ), 1997. 1999 he was a co-founder of the publishing project Alpine Anarchist Productions ( AAP) and developed to their most active writers. The best known was the published in 2005 Anarchist Football ( Soccer) Manual, which this popular sport approaches from an anarchist perspective and represents the radical aspect of his story and anarchist practice. He also writes for zines, especially for Give ' em the Lumber, a punk - Hockey -zine from San Francisco.

Since his return to Europe Kuhn has published Publisher especially in the unrest. Becoming-animal, black and becoming, becoming- woman. An introduction to the political philosophy of post-structuralism (2005) established himself as a left introduction to poststructuralism. > New anarchism 'in the USA. Seattle and its consequences ( 2008), a collection of contemporary writings American anarchists and anarchist organizations that reflect the resurgence of the marginalized since the 1920s anarchist movement in the United States since the clashes in Seattle, was from the library of the Freie as " Book of the Year 2008 ".

In the U.S. Kuhn is working closely with the publisher PM Press. This is also in direct connection with his translation activity that affects mainly the German anarchist Gustav Landauer and Erich difficulty. In the Netherlands he held Pinksterlanddagen 2010, a reading of libertarian movements outside Europe: South Africa, China, Japan, Israel and others.

Works

  • Living under the skull. Anarchism and piracy Monte Verita, Vienna 1994 ISBN 978-3900434472
  • Becoming-animal, black and becoming, becoming- woman. An introduction to the political philosophy of poststructuralist restlessness Verlag, Münster 2005 ISBN 978-3897714410
  • Beyond state and the individual. Individuality and autonomous political unrest Verlag, Münster 2007 ISBN 978-3897714571
  • " New Anarchism " in the United States. Seattle and its consequences ( ed.) restlessness Verlag, Münster 2008 ISBN 978-3-89771-474-8
  • Gregory Jackson, Kill the cops in your head! For the U.S. Left, White Supremacy and Black Autonomy (ed.) restlessness Verlag, Münster 2009 ISBN 9783897714878
  • Diversity - movement - resistance. Texts on anarchism restlessness Verlag, Münster 2009 ISBN 978-3-89771-497-7
  • From Jakarta to Johannesburg. Anarchism world editor ( with Sebastian Kalicha ), restlessness Verlag, Münster 2010 ISBN 978-3-89771-506-6
  • Straight Edge. History and politics of a movement restlessness Verlag, Münster 2010 ISBN 978-3-89771-108-2
  • Under the Jolly Roger. Pirates in the Golden Age, Association A 2011 ISBN 978-3-86241-400-0
  • Bank robbery for liberation movements. The history of Blekingegade Group ( ed.) restlessness Verlag, Münster 2013 ISBN 978-3-89771-535-6
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