Where goes a 'Neolithic conservative'?. (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fisher, Michael C.
• Is Part Of: Self and society. Volume 44:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 346
• Page End: 352
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Paul Goodman -- anarchism -- conservatism -- 1960s -- New Left -- student movement; Human potential movement -- Periodicals; Humanistic psychology -- Periodicals; Self-realization (Psychology) -- Periodicals; Human potential movement; Humanistic psychology; Periodicals; 150.198605
• DOI: 10.1080/03060497.2016.1249121
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-0497

Abstract

Abstract : Paul Goodman's politics have long been misunderstood, in part because he was a startlingly original thinker. Buried in the cultural chaos of the 1960s, Goodman's legacy as a radical anarchist is often overlooked, or simply forgotten. What he meant by 'Neolithic conservatism' provides a key to remembering his significance. Against the shallow charge that his anarchism tended toward neo-conservativism, Goodman's critique of the New Left sheds light on the political fault-lines of his time and our own.