I recently had the opportunity to interview communitarian anarchist philosopher John P. Clark on his new book containing critical analysis and new translations of the works of French geographer Elisee Reclus.
The full interview is available at Truth-out.org.
"In
reality, we have good reason to ask whether, if another world does not
rapidly become possible, any world at all will remain actual. The
impossible community, the Reclusian community of love and solidarity, is
a practical and dialectical answer to this more than theoretical, more
than rhetorical question. In the midst of a world-destroying epoch, the
impossible community presents itself as a world-making and
world-preserving community. In the midst of egocentric cynicism and
moral paralysis, it is a charismatic community of gifts and of the gift.
It is an ethos that inspires and reawakens the person, sweeping him or
her into a new realm of deeper reality and more compelling truth. It is
our ultimate hope for the world."
