ABSTRACT
The principal essay 'Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism' consists of an extended polemic against theoretical proponents of so called 'lifestyle anarchism', which Bookchin contends is based in individualism and subcultural obscurantism, which render it irrelevant to anyone who is not part of the 'scene'. Anarchism, is a movement of the past, out of touch with the realities of twenty-first century hypercapitalism certainly not a movement of the future or for the future The story of anarchism in the twentieth century appeared to give some credibility to the popular assessments of the prospects for anarchy. Anarchist communists believe that achieving a classless, stateless and non-hierarchical society requires a social revolution, which will only emerge through autonomous social movements and the revolutionary self-activity of the working-class. The anarchist heterotopias, called Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ), are the anarchist society in miniature.
