Posted: November 29th, 2016

What is an “anarchist squint” and a “sociological imagination”? How are they related?

James Scott’s 2012 book of fragments, Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play, is an introduction, of sorts, to those who might immediately dismiss “anarchism” or “anarchy” due to deeply entrenched social, cultural, historical, and political misunderstandings of the terms and the movements from which they were derived (on in which they are contemporarily utilized, e.g., Occupy Wall Street). I would like you, in this third essay assignment (IF you choose to do this for your 2nd essay in this course), to write a well-organized and evidenced (from every resource we have engaged with in this course, including, of course, Scott’s book) essay devoted to the following prompt: What is an “anarchist squint” and a “sociological imagination”? How are they related? How are they different? In what ways can they separately and/or in combination potentially create a better world for all?