Citation

Newman S. Plann. Theor. 2011; 10(4): 344-365.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1473095211413753

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Abstract

In this paper, I call for a re-consideration of anarchism and its alternative ways of conceptualising spaces for radical politics. Here I apply a Lacanian analysis of the social imaginary to explore the utopian fantasies and desires that underpin social spaces, discourses and practices - including planning, and revolutionary politics. I will go on to develop - via Castoriadis and others - a distinctly post-anarchist conception of political space based around the project of autonomy and the re-situation of the political space outside the state. This will have direct consequences for an alternative conception of planning practice and theory.

Language: en