Uri Gordon (anarchist)

Uri Gordon (Hebrew: אורי גורדון‎; born August 30, 1976) is an Israeli anarchist political theorist, activist and journalist.[1] He is formerly Lecturer in political theory at Durham University, the University of Nottingham and Loughborough University in the UK and at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Ketura, Israel.[2] One of several anarchist theorists to come of age during the anti-globalization movement at the turn of the 21st century,[3] his work on contemporary anarchism has been widely cited and translated into 13 languages.[4]

Uri Gordon
Born (1976-08-30) August 30, 1976
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Known forAnarchist activism and theory
Scientific career
InstitutionsDurham University

Gordon has worked with radical groups and movements including Indymedia, Peoples' Global Action, and Anarchists Against the Wall. Active primarily in Britain and his native Israel, Gordon has participated in protests at international summits across Europe,[5] and played a part in the 2011 Israeli social justice protests. His first book Anarchy Alive!, was based on his PhD research at Oxford University.[6] He has recently published critiques of prefigurative politics, nationalism and multiculturalism, and edited a collection of writings by activists in Anarchists Against the Wall. He has also published several op-eds in Israeli newspapers.[7][8][9]

Selected works

Books
  • Anarchy Alive!: Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory. London: Pluto Press (2008). ISBN 978-0-7453-2683-2
  • Anarchists Against the Wall: Direct action and solidarity with the Palestinian popular struggle. Edited with Ohal Grietzer. Oakland: AK Press (2013). ISBN 978-1-84935-114-0
  • The Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics. Edited with Ruth Kinna. London: Routledge (2019). ISBN 978-1-13866-542-2

Articles and Chapters
  • Prefigurative Politics between Ethical Practice and Absent Promise. Political Studies 66.2, 2018. pp. 521–537
  • Israel's “Tent Protests”: The Chilling Effect of Nationalism. Social Movement Studies 11.3, 2012. pp. 349–355
  • Anarchism Reloaded. Journal of Political Ideologies 12.1, 2007. pp. 29–48
  • Dark Tidings: Anarchist Politics in the Age of Collapse. In Contemporary Anarchist Studies, London: Routledge (2009). ISBN 978-0-4154-7402-3

References
  1. Poole, Steven (March 22, 2008). "Rock, race and riots". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  2. "Uri Gordon | Independent Scholar - Academia.edu". independentscholar.academia.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  3. Morse, Chuck (August 23, 2007). "The Past, the Future, and Around the World: Four New Books about Anarchism". negations. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  4. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7FrxvqoAAAAJ
  5. Swift, Richard (July 2008). "Anarchy Alive!". New Internationalist (413). Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  6. Jarach, Lawrence. "An Academic Shines". Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  7. Gordon, Uri; Lucy Michaels (May 1, 2008). "Food Troubles Are Here to Stay". Haaretz. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  8. Gordon, Uri (2006). "After the war". Anarchist Studies. 14 (2). Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  9. Gordon, Uri (2006). "Israeli anarchism: statist dilemmas and the dynamics of joint struggle". Anarchist Studies. 15 (1).
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