In Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1972 novel The Dispossessed, a rather poignant moment occurs when the protagonist Shevek has to accept the possibility that the anarchist planet he lives on may not be exempt from alienating (or “dispossessing”) power relations, even though it has no formal governmental structure. Reacting in surprise to his friend Bedap, […]

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