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Worshiping power
Book • 2016
Peter Gelderloos's 'Worshiping Power' examines the cultural and political roots of domination, arguing that obedience to authority is often cultivated through rituals, institutions, and ideology.
The book critiques conventional narratives that naturalize hierarchical power and explores how myths, religions, and political structures legitimize coercion.
Gelderloos draws on history and theory to show how reverence for power enables state and capitalist domination, while highlighting resistant practices and alternatives.
The work situates itself within anarchist critique, suggesting pathways to dismantle centralized authority and foster decentralized, non-hierarchical social relations.
It serves as both an analysis of domination and a call to reimagine political organization beyond worship of power.
The book critiques conventional narratives that naturalize hierarchical power and explores how myths, religions, and political structures legitimize coercion.
Gelderloos draws on history and theory to show how reverence for power enables state and capitalist domination, while highlighting resistant practices and alternatives.
The work situates itself within anarchist critique, suggesting pathways to dismantle centralized authority and foster decentralized, non-hierarchical social relations.
It serves as both an analysis of domination and a call to reimagine political organization beyond worship of power.
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