When scientific socialism, which for many years was implemented by Abdullah \u00d6calan and the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK), became too narrow for his purposes, \u00d6calan deftly answered the call for a radical redefinition of the social sciences. Writing from his solitary cell in \u0130mral\u0131 Prison, \u00d6calan offered a new and astute analysis of what is happening to the Kurdish people, the Kurdish freedom movement, and future prospects for humanity.<\/p>\n
The Sociology of Freedom <\/em>is the fascinating third volume of a five-volume work titled The Manifesto of the Democratic Civilization<\/em>. The general aim of the two earlier volumes was to clarify what power and capitalist modernity entailed. Here, \u00d6calan presents his stunningly original thesis of the democratic civilization, based on his criticism of capitalist modernity.<\/p>\n Ambitious in scope and encyclopedic in execution, The Sociology of Freedom <\/em>is a one-of-a-kind exploration that reveals the remarkable range of one of the Left\u2019s most original thinkers with topics such as existence and freedom, nature and philosophy, anarchism and ecology. \u00d6calan goes back to the origins of human culture to present a penetrating reinterpretation of the basic problems facing the twenty-first century and an examination of their solutions. \u00d6calan convincingly argues that industrialism, capitalism, and the nation-state cannot be conquered within the narrow confines of a socialist context.<\/p>\n Recognizing the need for more than just a critique, \u00d6calan has advanced what is the most radical, far-reaching definition of democracy today and argues that a democratic civilization, as an alternative system, already exists but systemic power and knowledge structures, along with a perverse sectarianism, do not allow it to be seen.<\/p>\n The Sociology of Freedom <\/em>is a truly monumental work that gives profuse evidence of \u00d6calan\u2019s position as one of the most influential thinkers of our day. It deserves the careful attention of anyone seriously interested in constructive thought or the future of the Left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Published: 6\/2020 | Format: Paperback\/Hardcover | Page count: 480<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":59484,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[49],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-59486","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-books","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireandflames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/59486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireandflames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireandflames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireandflames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireandflames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireandflames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=59486"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireandflames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=59486"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireandflames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=59486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}