Uri Gordon (anarchist)

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Uri Gordon
Gordon in 2010
Born	(1976-08-30) August 30, 1976 (age 45)
Nationality	Israeli
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University University of Oxford (PhD)
Known for	Anarchist activism and theory
Scientific career
Fields	Anarchism
Institutions	Durham University Loughborough University University of Nottingham Arava Institute

Uri Gordon (Hebrew: אורי גורדון‎; born August 30, 1976) is an Israeli anarchist political theorist, activist and journalist.^[1][2] 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.^[3] One of several anarchist theorists to come of age during the anti-globalization movement at the turn of the 21st century,^[4] his work on contemporary anarchism has been widely cited and translated into 13 languages.^[5]

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,^[6] 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.^[7][2] He has 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.^[8][9][10]

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

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uri Gordon.

• Gordon's publications
• Works by or about Uri Gordon in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Uri Gordon at R.A. Forum Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Anarchism and Political Theory: Contemporary Problems, Gordon's PhD thesis