Chuck W. Morse
Encyclopedia
Chuck W. Morse is an American anarchist, academic, translator
, editor, and writer
. He founded the Institute for Anarchist Studies
and The New Formulation: An Anti-Authoritarian Review of Books. Morse was the editor of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory and taught at the Institute for Social Ecology.
In 2006, Morse completed a translation of the classic biography of the revolutionary Buenaventura Durruti
by Abel Paz
, titled Durruti in the Spanish Revolution, published by AK Press
. In 2007, he published "Being a Bookchinite"/, a controversial account of the years he spent working with American anarchist, Murray Bookchin
. In 2010, he completed a translation of Juan Suriano's Paradoxes of Utopia: Anarchist Culture and Politics in Buenos Aires, 1890–1910, also published by AK Press
. He has published widely in leftwing journals and blogs.
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, editor, and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. He founded the Institute for Anarchist Studies
Institute for Anarchist Studies
The Institute for Anarchist Studies is a non-profit organization founded by Chuck W. Morse following the anarchist-communist school of thought, in 1996 to assist anarchist writers and further develop the theoretical aspects of the anarchist movement...
and The New Formulation: An Anti-Authoritarian Review of Books. Morse was the editor of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory and taught at the Institute for Social Ecology.
In 2006, Morse completed a translation of the classic biography of the revolutionary Buenaventura Durruti
Buenaventura Durruti
José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange was a central figure of Spanish anarchism during the period leading up to and including the Spanish Civil War.-Early life:...
by Abel Paz
Abel Paz
Abel Paz was a Spanish anarchist, former combatant and historian.Abel Paz was the pen name of Diego Camacho. He was born in Almería in 1921, and moved with his family to Barcelona in 1929...
, titled Durruti in the Spanish Revolution, published by AK Press
AK Press
AK Press is a worker-managed independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical left and anarchist literature. It is collectively owned and operated.-History:...
. In 2007, he published "Being a Bookchinite"/, a controversial account of the years he spent working with American anarchist, Murray Bookchin
Murray Bookchin
Murray Bookchin was an American libertarian socialist author, orator, and philosopher. A pioneer in the ecology movement, Bookchin was the founder of the social ecology movement within anarchist, libertarian socialist and ecological thought. He was the author of two dozen books on politics,...
. In 2010, he completed a translation of Juan Suriano's Paradoxes of Utopia: Anarchist Culture and Politics in Buenos Aires, 1890–1910, also published by AK Press
AK Press
AK Press is a worker-managed independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical left and anarchist literature. It is collectively owned and operated.-History:...
. He has published widely in leftwing journals and blogs.
Works
- "Being a Bookchinite"/ The Negations Blog. 2007
- "Latin American Anarchism". The New Formulation. Volume Two, Number One. 2003
- "Resistencia Libertia: Anarchist Opposition to the Last Argentine Dictatorship. The New Formulation. Volume Two, Number One. 2003.
- "Theory of the Anti-Globalization Movement". The New Formulation. Volume One, Number Two. 2004.
- "Magonismo: An Overview". The New Formulation. Volume Two, Number Two. 2004.
- Durruti in the Spanish Revolution. AK Press. ISBN 1-904859-50-X
- Paradoxes of Utopia: Anarchist Culture and Politics in Buenos Aires 1890–1910. AK Press. ISBN. 9781849350068