Gabriel Kuhn

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Gabriel Kuhn (* 1972 in Innsbruck ) is a writer and author of books dealing with socialist theory and history and social movements . He publishes works in German and English.

Life and thought

Gabriel Kuhn grew up in different countries, including Turkey , England and the USA . After studying philosophy in Austria and the USA, he lived in the Middle East and the South Pacific island world before returning to the USA. He has lived in Sweden since 2007 .

Kuhn pursues the concern to bring theory into concrete relation to practice. Based on anarchist concepts, he refers to solidarity approaches that go beyond oppression . His writings are aimed primarily at activists and scientists in left and radical left contexts.

In January 2010, Kuhn was forced to cancel a lecture tour in the USA because he was not granted an entry permit.

activity

Kuhn has been politically active since 1989. At the beginning of the 1990s he worked for several years in the TATblatt collective in Innsbruck and published for the anarchist Viennese publisher Monte Verita . In 1999 he was one of the co-founders of the Alpine Anarchist Productions (AAP) publication project.

Since his return to Europe, Kuhn has mainly published for Unrast Verlag . Become an animal, become black, become a woman. An Introduction to the Political Philosophy of Poststructuralism (2005) established itself as a left introduction to poststructuralism. ›New Anarchism‹ in the USA. Seattle and the Consequences (2008), a collection of contemporary writings by American anarchists and anarchist organizations, was named "Book of the Year 2008" by the Library of the Free . Bank robbery for liberation movements (2013) tells the story of the Danish Blekingegade group . Diversity - Movement - Resistance (2009) and Anarchism and Revolution (2017) are collections of texts and interviews on anarchism.

In the USA, Kuhn works closely with PM Press . This is also directly related to his translation work, which particularly affects the German anarchists Gustav Landauer and Erich Mühsam . Other publications deal with piracy , sports and straight edge .

Works in German

  • Life under the skull. Anarchism and piracy (= edition wild mixture. 8). Monte Verita, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-900434-47-6 .
  • Become an animal, become black, become a woman. An introduction to the political philosophy of post-structuralism. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-89771-441-8 .
  • Beyond the state and the individual. Individuality and Autonomous Politics. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-89771-457-1 .
  • as editor: "New Anarchism" in the USA. Seattle and the aftermath. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-89771-474-8 .
  • as editor and translator: Gregory Jackson: Kill the cop in your head! On the American Left, White Supremacy and Black Autonomy. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-89771-487-8 .
  • Diversity - movement - resistance. Texts on anarchism. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-89771-497-7 .
  • as editor with Sebastian Kalicha: From Jakarta to Johannesburg. Anarchism worldwide. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-89771-506-6 .
  • Straight edge. History and politics of a movement. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-89771-108-2 .
  • Under the Jolly Roger. Pirates in the Golden Age. Association A, Berlin et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-86241-400-0 .
  • as editor: Bank robbery for liberation movements. The history of the Blekingegade group. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-89771-535-6 .
  • The left and sport (= transparent - left everyday. 4). Unrast Verlag, Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-89771-127-3 .
  • Anarchism and revolution. Conversations and essays. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2017, ISBN 978-3-89771-226-3 .
  • as editor: Wobblies. Politics and history of the IWW (= classic of the social revolt . 28). Unrast Verlag, Münster 2019, ISBN 978-3-89771-926-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ An interview with Gabriel Kuhn, who was refused entry to the USA , accessed in March 2010
  2. ^ Book of the year on the website of the Free Library, accessed on February 6, 2010

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personal data
SURNAME Kuhn, Gabriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gee, Teoman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and post-structuralist author
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck